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"Mr President, Madam Prime Minister said that the Latvian Presidency was a job well done. I cannot believe what I am hearing: this is Alice-through-the-looking-glass stuff. I could, as we say in England, gild the lily like all the rest of you, but I am from the north of England and we are quite famous for straight—talking and telling it how it is. So I will.
The Latvian Presidency has been an unmitigated, unrivalled disaster. Let us just look at what has happened: Vladimir Putin continues to lead the European Union in a merry dance in Ukraine and there seems to be no let-up whatsoever. We have 500 000 migrants in the Mediterranean and another 500 000 waiting to come. Indeed, Eurojust admitted last night that ISIS are sending over jihadists onto our continent by boat. Finally, we have Greece, a country which could well leave the Euro. This has all happened on your watch, Madam Prime Minister: it is not a very good result, is it? In fact, I would go so far as to say that at least Nero fiddled while Rome burned, but you have done absolutely nothing while we watched the EU project fall to pieces. Finally, as a Eurosceptic, I would like to see Latvia extend their Presidency by another six months, because another half-a-year of this could see the whole EU fall to bits."@en1
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