Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-05-17-Speech-3-124"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-05-17"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Adoption of single currency by Greece (continuation)2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000517.7.3-124"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-05-17-Speech-3-1252
lpv:speaker	lp:Carlo Fatuzzo2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; EMPL (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Partito Pensionati (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (1999-10-06--2001-09-05)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I am wholly and unequivocally in favour of Greece’s adoption of the single European currency, the euro. As Mr Goebbels stated in his report, the European Parliament’s task is not to assess practical adherence to the Maastricht criteria, for that has already been done, item by item, by the Commission and the bodies whose task it is to monitor these indicators and keep us informed. The European Parliament must express a political opinion; it must speak from the heart and not on the basis of figures; it must listen to its soul instead of numbers. What sort of European Union is it in which one of the 15 States, which wishes to accede to the most committed and most important level of European cohesion, is still left standing outside the door? When, as the report maintains, we consider that all the Maastricht criteria are fulfilled and that, in addition, this country is called Greece – an enchanting name in itself – we cannot fail to realise that this cannot continue and be moved to remedy the situation. And I refer, in particular, to the Greek pensioners. You may wonder why, as representative of the Italian Pensioners’ Party, I am interested in Greek pensioners. But Mr President, if we have to ask Greece to reduce its State deficit – and, unfortunately, we know that, nowadays, this is only achieved by reducing pensions – instead of avoiding wastage – which, as the previous speaker said, in socialist governments, especially, is due to poor budgetary allocations – we must not make the pensioners and elderly citizens of Greece pay the price for its accession to the European currency."@en1

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