Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-06-07-Speech-2-185"

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lpv:speaker	lp:Alyn Smith2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, there can be few subjects closer to a Scotsman’s heart than money and, as the only Scots representative on the Temporary Committee on the Financial Perspectives, I have watched the often Kafkaesque debates with much interest – even when the real debate appears to be happening elsewhere. However, the time for debate, in this House at least, is almost over. It is the duty of this House to unite around this compromise so ably drafted by our rapporteur, because within the Council, where the real debate is taking place, the ‘one per cent club’, so ably led by the United Kingdom Government, continues to hold the whip hand. It is not the perfect compromise – what compromise is? However, we must send it to the Council with as strong a voice as possible. I echo Mrs Krehl, my colleague on the Committee on Regional Development, when she says that regional policy is the most successful and most visible aspect of the Union’s work to the citizens in whose name we carry out all our activities. The view of the Temporary Committee protects regional policy, and a strong European regional policy which must be promoted and protected. It grieves me that the United Kingdom shows every sign of continuing its mean-spirited, shortsighted stance within the Council. It is incumbent upon us in this House to send a clear message to the ‘one per cent club’ today that we will not tolerate anything less than this compromise. We have heard high hopes from the Council that a deal remains hoped for. I myself would not put any money on it any time soon. It is for us to unite around the best deal possible."@en1
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