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dcterms:Date	"2012-02-01"^^xsd:date2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20120201.12.3-040-000"2
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lpv:speaker	lp:Niki Tzavela2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (2010-09-21--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2011-10-13--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Israel (2009-09-16--2012-03-13)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with the United States (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Popular Orthodox Rally - G. Karatzaferis (2009-07-14--2014-02-24)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with India (2011-10-13--2014-06-30)3 member; ITRE (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 substitute; DEVE (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 treasurer_vice-chair_member_of_the_bureau; EFD (2012-01-27--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2009-09-16--2012-03-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries (2009-09-16--2012-03-12)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Iran (2011-10-13--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the recent Council decisions will help to integrate the single market and economic governance. My question to you is this: is what we have witnessed here today a sign that we are indeed moving towards a single Europe. Are we aiming for a United States of Europe along the lines of the US? Have you ever seen an officer from Michigan attack over-indebted California, as various high-profile European citizens are doing? Basically, I believe that we are doing all we can to deconstruct the European construct with criticism, comments, stupid proposals and a lack of discernment which is imposing policies on countries and hence on people, on their citizens. We are witnessing procedures to circumvent democracy and democratic procedures and we are witnessing procedures to circumvent the laws of the International Labour Organisation. As a Greek, I accept any constructive criticism of what my country has done and is doing. However, I believe that the whole of Europe is hiding behind one small country, Greece, as if Greece alone had all the problems from the crisis, as if we had built the euro on the right basis and as if no one had made any mistakes. As long as we have problems in Greece, we will have problems in Europe. We call on all of you to stop focussing on Greece, because we will do our job and we call on our German colleagues, because a divide is already emerging which has a name and a face: the face of Germany. The media in southern Europe are already calling Germany a ‘teenage hegemonist’. I am concerned and very fearful about what is happening. We all need to join forces if we are to make progress."@en1
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