Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-06-18-Speech-3-999"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2008-06-18"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Preparation of the European Council following the Irish referendum (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"fi"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20080618.2.3-999"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-06-18-Speech-3-0762
lpv:speaker	lp:Anneli Jäätteenmäki2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; AFET (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the United States (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2006-11-28--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Suomen Keskusta (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; FEMM (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Temporary Committee on Climate Change (2007-05-10--2009-02-04)3 vice-chair; AFCO (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; ALDE (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; SEDE (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-13--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Crisis! Crisis! Again people are shouting about the EU being in crisis, because the Irish rejected the Treaty of Lisbon in their referendum on Thursday 12 June. The Treaty can only enter into force if it is ratified by all the Member States. The EU leaders are calling for new solutions, but few have any to offer. There are at least two problems. The Treaty of Lisbon is so obscure that it is almost impossible to understand. Would you be ready to sign it? What is more, the EU elite obviously want to move forward too fast. Now it is time for the small Member States to act. They should insist on every Member State having its own Commissioner. That originally was the wish of Finland and many other countries. The Treaty of Lisbon, if it took effect, would lead to a situation where each Member States would be without a Commissioner for a third of the time in turn as from 2014. The wording of the Treaty is so vague that in practice the small Member States would apparently be without a Commissioner for longer than the big ones. Ireland is thought by some to have rejected the Treaty partly on account of the Commissioner issue. Finland’s Commissioner is of special importance for small Member States, even though it is the duty of Commissioners to promote the interests of the EU as a whole. In Finland every region rejoices if it has its ‘own’ minister in the Cabinet. EU leaders now need to think carefully about what is the source of the public’s growing distrust of the EU. Has the Union acted in the interests of all its citizens in the best possible way? Has it increased cooperation in different areas and expanded too fast?"@en1

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