Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-02-16-Speech-3-185-000"

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lpv:speaker	lp:Daniel Hannan2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, the history of Croatia is in some ways the story of a series of political unions contracted by a ruling elite without the consent of the people: first the union with Hungary, then that with the Habsburg monarchy, then the short-lived Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, and then of course the Yugoslav Federation. So it is progress of a kind that at least the ordinary people of Croatia will have the final word over EU accession. Under the current constitutional arrangements, a referendum must be held within 30 days of the contraction of the accession treaty. I think there are real losses potentially to Croatia. It is a country with an educated and industrious workforce that could do extremely well pricing itself into the market and exploiting the advantages of relatively cheap exports; but I am a democrat, and of course, if the people of Croatia vote in favour of EU accession, if that is their considered will, then I will support their bid when it comes before this Chamber. I just raise the question of why some of the existing Member States should not also consult their people on the issue of continued membership. On a major constitutional issue of this sort, it seems quite proper that the existing politicians should not be allowed to make permanent derogations of sovereignty without first asking the permission of those they represent. Our parliamentarians are not the owners of our freedoms. They are their temporary and contingent custodians and, if they want to alienate power from Westminster, they should have the courtesy to ask our permission."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; PECH (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Conservative Party (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; AFCO (2011-02-02--2012-01-18)3 substitute; Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Daniel Hannan (ECR ). -"1
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