Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2012-06-11-Speech-1-101-000"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2012-06-11"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Public consultations and their availability in all EU languages (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20120611.20.1-101-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2012-06-11-Speech-1-102-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Marie-Christine Vergiat2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Front de gauche pour changer d’Europe (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; CULT (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 substitute; LIBE (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 member; DROI (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 treasurer; EUL/NGL (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, I rather get the impression that at this point we are keeping the English happy ... The European Union is currently experiencing a major political and democratic crisis. Its citizens have increasingly less confidence in its institutions. The financial crisis, its economic and social consequences and the European Union’s method of responding to it using austerity measures, which impact, first and foremost on the people, serve only to exacerbate the issue. Once again, you give fine speeches, but the reality is that the European institutions are becoming increasingly incapable of communicating or even entering into dialogue with most citizens. Moreover, do they really want to? To listen to you, one can only wonder. Public consultations should be a key instrument in this dialogue, but the question remains as to how we reach out to European citizens, particularly those who are most affected by the proposed measures, whatever their socio-professional background. To achieve this, the starting point is to speak to them in their native language and, at the very least, in the official languages of the European Union. However, we are witnessing a gradual drift where this is concerned. Anyone who needs convincing of this need only visit the Commission’s official websites. Increasing numbers of documents are only available in English. Some can be found in English and French and fewer still in French, English and German. As for translations into other languages, these are becoming increasingly rare. With 2013 about to be announced as the European Year of Citizens, the time has come to put a stop to this. We must give ourselves the means to convey European Union policies to all citizens. We must prioritise this and make it a budgetary priority as well. To accept responses in all languages when information is not available in all languages is pure hypocrisy. It is time to take this matter seriously."@en1
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