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"en.20160203.6.3-060-000"2
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"Mr President, I represent Wales, and EU membership has brought positive economic, social and cultural benefits. I also believe that the EU has benefited from having Wales as a member. There is a great deal about the EU that I would like to change, but we can only do that by working with our European partners to improve policy and make the EU more effective.
We are far better off working for change within than shouting from the sidelines. The UK Government wants more subsidiarity; well, so do I. And that is why the proposed changes to be discussed in Council must be fully considered too in terms of their impact on the devolved governments of the UK. There must be a proper debate involving those governments, and I regret that the UK Government has not done that to date. It is a matter of democracy and fairness.
My party, Plaid Cymru, is committed to remaining in the EU, and I believe that the majority of the people of Wales want that too. And if Wales votes to remain in, we should not be dragged out against our democratic will. That is why we have called for a mandate to leave only if the four constituent parts of the UK agree to leave. I want to engage people in an open, honest, fact-based and mature debate about this, because it is a decision that will affect many generations to come."@en1
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