Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2014-12-15-Speech-1-057-000"
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"en.20141215.15.1-057-000"2
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"Madam President, if it is large, grey, has a trunk and looks like an elephant, then that is exactly what it is: an elephant. CITES was created for signing by sovereign states. However, it is now to be signed by the European Union. Yet again the European Union behaves like a sovereign state. Like the elephant, if it has ever more characteristics of a sovereign state, then it is obvious to all that this is exactly what the EU is becoming. There are those, especially in the UK, who are in denial about this fact: that the European Union, as a direct, inevitable consequence of the commitment to ever-closer union, and as set out in successive treaties, is taking over the sovereignty of Member States. This recommendation is proof positive of what UKIP has long been saying (but LIB/LAB/CON denies): that the EU is ever more sovereign. The usual weasel words are in the report. It will enable the Commission to lead negotiations and be a catalyst. Signing CITES may be very sensible for sovereign states, but the EU signing CITES represents yet another EU power-grab. The EU acquires the one vote, counting as 28 votes, and my country along with 27 others lose yet another freedom to decide for themselves. Truly there is an elephant in the room. It is called the European Union."@en1
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