Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-10-09-Speech-4-248"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2008-10-09"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Explanations of vote2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20081009.25.4-248"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-10-09-Speech-4-2492
lpv:speaker	lp:Cristiana Muscardini2
lpv:spokenAs	co-chair; UEN (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (2007-05-23--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Alleanza nazionale (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 vice-chair; INTA (2007-02-01--2009-07-13)3 substitute; FEMM (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; PETI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2008-05-08--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; ENVI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; Conference of Presidents (2006-12-13--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Temporary Committee on Climate Change (2007-05-10--2009-02-04)3
lpv:translated text	"I wish to congratulate the rapporteur on having introduced the symbols of the Union into the Rules of Procedure, now that they have surprisingly been excluded from the new Treaty. As a member of the European Convention, I always asserted that the Union needed to have a soul, bringing it closer to Europe’s citizens through our shared common values. Excluding the symbols from the Treaty was the umpteenth act distancing the European institutions from the citizens. Indeed, how can citizens be expected to identify with the Union if the Union makes itself ever more unidentifiable, abandoning the very symbols which ought – rather – to represent it, both in the Member States and in its international relations? Recognition by everyone of the symbols of the Union constitutes an initial step towards the shared intent of building a common European home capable not only of giving Europe's citizens political answers but also of restoring to politics the pride of place it deserves in our understanding and management of the ‘public good’. I would therefore repeat my congratulations to the rapporteur, in the hope that this European Parliament initiative will be taken up by the other European institutions, and in the conviction that this will strengthen the parliamentary institution to which we belong."@en1

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