Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2013-06-12-Speech-3-624-000"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2013-06-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:2013 review of the organisation and functioning of the EEAS (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20130612.64.3-624-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2013-06-12-Speech-3-625-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:William (The Earl of) Dartmouth2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, the EEAS is the EU’s Foreign Service. An EU Foreign Service is based on the assumption that there is a communality of interest among the 27 Member States. This is a fallacy. In Libya, only eight European countries took part, not 27, and one of them was not a member of the EU. The 27 Member States are – to coin a phrase – ‘a coalition of the unwilling’, and sometimes less than that. There is also the sheer wasteful cost of the EU’s Foreign Service. EEAS staff are very highly paid. Indeed, up to one hundred officials enjoy take-home pay that is more than that of Britain’s Foreign Secretary. The financial climate has the consequence that the UK is closing down embassies and consulates. Nonetheless, we are made to contribute – and to contribute very substantially – to the EU’s Foreign Service in order to advance a foreign policy that is not – I repeat not – ours. All of this – the EEAS – is a demonstration yet again that Britain’s membership of the EU in actuality diminishes our influence in the world."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; United Kingdom Independence Party (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; INTA (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 substitute; AFET (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 member; EFD (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"William (The Earl of) Dartmouth,"1 "on behalf of the EFD Group"1
lpv:videoURI	<go to Events_and_structure europarl>2

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