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dcterms:Date	"2009-10-07"^^xsd:date2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20091007.17.3-091"2
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lpv:speaker	lp:Joe Higgins2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I oppose the Lisbon Treaty from a Left and Socialist perspective and reject the intervention of xenophobes and right-wing forces. What happened in Ireland in the referendum was not a victory for democracy. The Irish people were threatened by a major coalition – the political establishment, big business, most of the capitalist press and the EU Commission – that if they voted ‘no’, they would be economically isolated, they would be punished by the European Union and there would be a flight of capital and investment, and they were told that if they voted ‘yes’, there would be jobs, investment and recovery. All falsehoods. The Irish Government’s duplicity was shown by the fact that it asked the management of Aer Lingus to postpone until today, after the referendum, the announcement of 700 savage job cuts in Aer Lingus. The EU Commission intervened continually: interfered in the process. The three Presidents are not here, but I want their representatives to ask them for a reaction to the following scandal. Mr Tajani, EU Commissioner for Transport, spent a full day travelling around Ireland on a Ryanair jet with the Chief Executive of that multinational, campaigning for a ‘yes’ vote. He is the regulator of transport, supposed to protect consumers and workers. He is hopelessly compromised by going around with the chief executive of one of the biggest corporations supplying transport. What is your answer to that? Finally, there is speculation that Mr Tony Blair will be the new President of the EU Council. Let us be clear. Mr Tony Blair is a war criminal. Under no circumstances can he be I was interrupted unnecessarily, Mr President. I think you are in the chair, not the honourable Member here. The point I wanted to finish with was that Mr Blair must not be appointed as the President of the EU."@en1
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lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(The President cut off the speaker)"1 "(The President urged the speaker to conclude as he had exceeded his speaking time)"1 "Joe Higgins (GUE/NGL )."1
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