Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-02-15-Speech-2-690-000"

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dcterms:Date	"2011-02-15"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Eavesdropping scandal in Bulgaria (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"bg"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20110215.32.2-690-000"2
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lpv:speaker	lp:Nadezhda Neynsky2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Blue Coalition (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; AFET (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; SEDE (2009-12-03--2012-01-18)3 member; EPP (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation for relations with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; BUDG (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, as I am among the last to take the floor in this debate, I would like to summarise by saying a few words. Today’s debate is not to do with special eavesdropping devices in Bulgaria, nor is it a debate for or against a particular minister. It is a debate on the principles and values of Europe, which is why it is only natural that it should be held in this House. That is because it is a matter of freedom, of human rights, of democratic laws, which is not and cannot be purely a domestic debate. The debate on human rights is the philosophy of a unified Europe, the purpose that inspired the new democracies after the fall of the Berlin Wall. If they lose their faith that Europe is based on principles, many of their citizens will decide that the road to Europe, which has been so long and hard, was a futile exercise. Today’s debate is about the truth. The truth cannot be right-wing or left-wing. There can be no half-truths. There is always one truth, and we urge the institutions responsible in Bulgaria to name it as soon as possible. Because, deliberately or not, the more they delay their answer, the more they feed into the iniquitous soil of rumour and, in that way, are only serving those who claim to be fighting it. Today’s debate is also one about the responsibility – not of past or future governments, but of the present one. What distinguishes democratic governments is the fact that they are always responsible to their electorates, regardless of whether they supported or opposed them. Equating the opposition with organised crime is the device of a different form of governance which has nothing to do with democracy."@en1
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