Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2010-11-23-Speech-2-048"

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dcterms:Date	"2010-11-23"^^xsd:date2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20101123.5.2-048"2
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lpv:speaker	lp:Sophia in 't Veld2
lpv:spoken text	"Madam President, I have to say that I am very touched by the new romance between the EPP and the S&D Group, but I do feel that the intimate and loving embrace between Mr Rapkay and Mr Lange is keeping Europe firmly stuck in the past. We are talking about the seventh extension of the special State aid regime. Mr Rapkay himself has indicated that he was rapporteur back in 2002. Who will give us a guarantee that we are not going to have the same debate in 2018? Because the reasons that were valid back in 2002 that are valid today, will still be valid in 2018. Therefore, my group, without reserve, endorses the position of the Commission. We have requested a separate vote on Amendments 25 and 27, and we call on all colleagues in the two big groups to vote against those amendments and support the position of the Commission to phase out the support by 2014. I know that votes took place in the different committees, but I also know that there are many colleagues in the two big groups who feel deeply uncomfortable with the current position. I think they should realise that they have all the freedom in the world to vote according to their conscience, because it is not actually the European Parliament that decides. So they should vote in order to state their views. We are not negotiating; we do not have to compromise. We can give a very strong political signal in support of the Commission, and therefore I think this European Parliament should act as a counterweight to the very strong political pressure from the Member States on the Commission and show that this Parliament is looking to the future and not to the past."@en1
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lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Sophia in 't Veld,"1 "on behalf of the ALDE Group."1
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