Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-07-10-Speech-4-115"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2008-07-10"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Explanations of vote2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20080710.14.4-115"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-07-10-Speech-4-1162
lpv:speaker	lp:Bruno Gollnisch2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; TRAN (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with Japan (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula (2007-03-15--2009-07-13)3 member; NA (2007-11-14--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Front national (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; ECON (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, I understand from Mr Brok’s report on enlargement that any new accession can succeed only if, and I quote, ‘there is clear and long-lasting public support’. This sentence seems completely hypocritical, coming just days after the scornful reaction of the Eurocracy to the clear ‘no’ of the Irish to the Lisbon Treaty, which simply echoes the French and Dutch ‘no’ of 2005. It also follows the replacement, in the French Constitution, of the compulsory referendum on EU accession by a pseudo-referendum based on ‘popular initiative’, which in actual fact depends on the goodwill of the French Assembly and Senate. Admittedly, Mr Brok, in the knowledge that the vast majority of Europeans are opposed to Turkey joining the EU, does not even mention public consultation by referendum. To win the support he describes, he simply proposes good old propaganda for a public considered ignorant or even simple-minded. If Mr Brok and his European and national counterparts fear – or despise – the public so much, they should at least have the decency to stop seeking its approval. European democracy would certainly be all the stronger for it."@en1

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