Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2009-03-23-Speech-1-194"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2009-03-23"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Active dialogue with citizens on Europe (short presentation)2
dcterms:Language	"hu"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20090323.23.1-194"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2009-03-23-Speech-1-9942
lpv:speaker	lp:Magda Kósáné Kovács2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; EMPL (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; LIBE (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Magyar Szocialista Párt (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 treasurer; PES (2007-02-14--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Gyula Hegyi’s report sheds light on an important contemporary problem. The ratification of the Lisbon Treaty, which is a guarantee of a more effective, democratic European Union, was rejected by the Irish in a referendum. Since then, this has been the source and origin of uncertainty and disorientation in Europe. We must make it possible for European citizens to have a more effective voice in shaping European Union policies. To do so, appropriate education is needed, for there is greater opposition to integration among those with low levels of education. For instance, it is essential to provide education in general EU and citizenship knowledge in open universities or as part of secondary school curricula. It is important for people to know their rights, to know that the EU is not working above their heads, but with them. We need to ensure that appropriate information sources are made available in the less developed regions. The guarantor of a functioning democracy is not the bureaucracy but the citizens themselves – this is the core of democratic culture. It is indispensable that the media help develop communication between institutions and citizens, as well as communication among citizens. We cannot expect responsible decisions, or any decisions at all, on the part of citizens, if we do not provide them with suitable information. Providing information is our responsibility and our duty, whereas decision making is the citizens' right. This May it will be five years since Hungary joined the European Union, and we can already see that the European Union is not faceless, but that the EU is us, the sum of all individual citizens. We need to know that decision making is in our hands. So let us take advantage of this opportunity."@en1

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