Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2012-06-11-Speech-1-096-000"

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dcterms:Date	"2012-06-11"^^xsd:date2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20120611.20.1-096-000"2
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lpv:speaker	lp:Ana Miranda2
lpv:spokenAs	member; G/EFA (2012-01-01--2013-07-09)3 member; PETI (2012-01-19--2013-07-09)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee (2012-02-06--2013-07-09)3 unknown; Bloque Nacionalista Galego (2012-01-01--2013-07-09)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Mercosur countries (2012-02-13--2013-07-09)3 member; REGI (2012-01-19--2013-07-09)3 substitute; FEMM (2012-01-24--2013-07-09)3 substitute; PECH (2012-01-19--2013-07-09)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (2012-02-13--2013-07-09)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, we are very aware of the issue of languages in our political group. We represent peoples who express themselves in official and co-official EU languages. These peoples speak many of the languages used in Parliament, as well as other languages that are not as recognised, such as Catalan, Basque, Welsh and Breton. Citizens often see the European institutions, including Parliament, as distant and separate. They hardly identify with the institutions and are unaware of the work we carry out here. At best, this is because they often think that the EU institutions are entirely dispensable, but, in times of austerity, in times of public austerity, leading to cuts in social rights and basic services, citizens do know that a great deal is decided here. In this context, any measure that enables Europe to more closely involve our citizens and the peoples we defend is extremely important. Public consultations are one element of participative democracy and should be an opportunity to raise awareness of these European institutions and the work we carry out here, an opportunity to increase participation and also to show that Parliament is the common forum, that the Commission is the European government. We must speak in our own languages, we must communicate in our own languages and in the co-official languages. As my colleague said, people must understand Europe in their own language, to avoid any discrimination as regards their language and their rights. Language often creates barriers to understanding and to valuing Parliament and the work we do here and in the Commission. Europe says that it is united in diversity. It is also important to be united in linguistic diversity. It is important to be able to communicate with a sailor from Galicia in our language. It is also important to speak to a farmer in Portugal in their own language. It is important to speak to a factory worker in the Basque Country in their own language, and in all of the official European Union languages. Public consultations are an excellent opportunity to share ideas, information and best practice. We have already seen this with cohesion policy, fisheries policy, agricultural policy and environmental policy. That is why, Commissioner, when you speak of available resources, this cannot be an excuse as the Member States can often share these translation costs. Public consultations are an instrument to encourage participative democracy and must also take account of the shortcomings of people who also have rights."@en1
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