Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2012-11-20-Speech-2-020-000"

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dcterms:Date	"2012-11-20"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Towards a genuine Economic and Monetary Union (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"fi"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20121120.3.2-020-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2012-11-20-Speech-2-021-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Sampo Terho2
lpv:spokenAs	member; ECON (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 vice-chair_member_of_the_bureau; EFD (2012-01-27--2014-06-30)3 substitute; EMPL (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 substitute; AFET (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation for relations with Canada (2011-05-12--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Perussuomalaiset (2011-04-26--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand (2011-05-11--2014-06-30)3 member; SEDE (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	". Mr President, we are now discussing a very important report, of which, however, people in the Member States remain unaware; in my own country, for example, the Finnish media have hardly even referred to it. For this reason, I am concerned about the same issue as many other representatives here, the Commission and the Council – in other words, that of democracy. The report promotes a clear advance towards a federal Europe, as regards both the concrete proposals and the principles which it sets out. I quote from the text of the report: ‘The intergovernmental method has reached its limits and is not well suited for democratic and efficient decision-making in the 21st century. A leap should be made to a truly federal Europe.’ There is thus no ambiguity regarding the report’s vision for the future of the EU and of Europe. In this respect the report sits entirely in line with that tidal wave of new regulation which has followed the euro crisis. Therefore, in order to promote civic debate and to ensure the genuine support of citizens, it is important for national referendums on the trend towards a federal Europe to be arranged. Mere discussion in Parliament is not sufficient. We need to receive direct support from the people, since if the people do not give their direct support for this move towards a federal Europe then their alienation from the EU can only continue, even while the integration of the EU ostensibly deepens. If this happens, then future national referendums will no longer be concerned with integration but with leaving the EU."@en1
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