Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-01-18-Speech-2-103-000"
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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, your speech, Mr Leterme, contained some important quotations; it is a shame that, in reality, you will be remembered mainly as the Prime Minister of a country that, 219 days after holding elections, was unable to form a government.
You see, I had a bad opinion of you – although it has undoubtedly changed over time – because, on the day of your inauguration, I asked you, in your specific role as President-in-Office, what action would be taken in response to the acts committed against the Catholic Church in your country, in response to the searches that were declared null and void, which I considered to be very serious and which were subsequently condemned by the judiciary itself.
You did not answer me. I did not like that, because I believe that a President should represent everyone. If asked a question, a President should try to answer it somehow and should make a brave decision: to say ‘I am in favour’ or ‘I am against’, and to explain why. You did not do that.
Today, I can say that you and your Presidency have done a good job. Perhaps if you had been slightly more on our ‘level’ from the start, we might have had a better relationship."@en1
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