Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-04-05-Speech-2-396-000"

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dcterms:Date	"2011-04-05"^^xsd:date2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20110405.19.2-396-000"2
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lpv:speaker	lp:João Ferreira2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the EU-Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2009-09-16--2013-02-03)3,3 unknown; Partido Comunista Português (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3,3 substitute; ENVI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3,3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3,3 member; EUL/NGL (2009-07-14--2012-02-06)3,3 member; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3,3 member; PECH (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, there has been a lot of debate in relation to this report, about Members’ salaries and allowances. I would like to reiterate that, in contrast to the majority of Members, we were opposed to and voted against the current financial statute for Members of the European Parliament, because it involved virtually doubling Members’ incomes in the case of some countries. Mainly, however, because it broke with a principle that is essential in our view: the existence of a link between the average salary level of the citizens of a country and the salary level of their representatives. The breaking of this link is another symptom of the degradation of democracy, of the gap between representatives and those they represent, of ethical decline, and of a system that, imposes antisocial policies on the population through generalised cuts whilst protecting those who implement them from their effects. Is it not time to review this financial statute? I would like to end, Madam President, by saying that it is also important for it to be clear that the draft amendments to this report, while promoting savings in Parliament, should not seek to create exceptions that are more favourable to funding European parties and European political foundations."@en1
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