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"Madam President, we will be holding a debate on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) tomorrow, but I wanted to raise an issue this evening which, although peripheral to the subject, I feel is extremely important. I am referring to what Commissioner De Gucht told the Committee on International Trade at its meeting on Wednesday 20 June. I quote: ‘If you decide on a ‘no’ vote before the European Court of Justice has handed down its ruling, let me tell you that the Commission will nonetheless continue with the proceedings currently before the Court. We have committed to this. A ‘no’ vote will not halt the proceedings before the Court of Justice’.
Not only do his words disregard the treaties, in my view, but, above all, and this is what I want to condemn, they demonstrate an unacceptable disregard for the European Parliament, for democracy in general, and for the voters we represent.
At a time when all European citizens …"@en1
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