Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-02-02-Speech-4-015"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-02-02"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:European communication strategy - White Paper2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060202.3.4-015"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-02-02-Speech-4-0172
lpv:speaker	lp:Alyn Smith2
lpv:spoken text	"While listening to this debate yet again I am struck by the extent to which it is the wrong question we are asking, and hence coming up with the wrong answer. The Commission’s communication strategy is worthy enough in aim, but I doubt it will in fact achieve much because the reality of the EU as a whole, not just the workings of the Commission itself, are very far from ideal. The people are accordingly sceptical, it is not that they misunderstand the EU, they understand it only too well. We have an old saying in Scotland that you cannot polish a turnip and no amount of presentation will disguise the fact that the EU has a structural problem which we are not addressing. The institutional mechanisms of, and subject matter dealt with by the various parts of the EU must be addressed in the light of enlargement, or risk continued stagnation. Only real reform will bring the EU closer to the citizen and it is upon that reform we should concentrate."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; G/EFA (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Scottish National Party (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; ITRE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; REGI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway and to the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Alyn Smith (Verts/ALE ). –"1

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