Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2016-02-01-Speech-1-081-000"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2016-02-01"^^xsd:date2
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dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20160201.9.1-081-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2016-02-01-Speech-1-082-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Jonathan Arnott2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, there are two ways that you can do things in life. One way is the independent, impartial way. It is the evidence-based way, taking decisions on the grounds of what is best for citizens. The other is to pre-decide on your conclusions and then do whatever it takes to defend them. Well in this report we are urged to do everything possible to defend the euro, so I think we know which of those two it is going to be, and the evidence really does not support that. Take one example of so, so many. I could point out that the Commission expects a 1.7% growth rate for the eurozone in 2016, whereas the World Bank predicts that the UK economy will grow by 2.6%. The report even goes so far as to suggest that officials should be chosen on the basis of gender, which seems to me to be simple, patronising tokenism. So what do I do? Do I vote against this report because it stands for everything that is wrong with the EU, or do I abstain because, thankfully, Britain is not in the euro and so it is not for British MEPs to tell other countries what they should and should not do?"@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; CONT (2014-07-01--2017-01-18)3 member; BUDG (2014-07-01--2017-01-18)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Jonathan Arnott (EFDD )."1
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