Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2010-11-23-Speech-2-430"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2010-11-23"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:2011 budget (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20101123.37.2-430"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2010-11-23-Speech-2-4312
lpv:speaker	lp:Lucas Hartong2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Special committee on the policy challenges and budgetary resources for a sustainable European Union after 2013 (2010-06-23--2011-06-30)3 member; NA (2010-06-22--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (2010-06-22--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula (2010-06-23--2012-09-09)3 member; BUDG (2010-06-23--2012-01-18)3 unknown; Partij voor de Vrijheid (2010-06-22--2014-06-30)3 substitute; ENVI (2010-06-22--2010-12-08)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, how pleased I am with the position of the UK and Dutch governments, in particular, so far! Using excellent arguments, they have managed to prevent the increase in the EU budget for 2011 and have refused to agree to the introduction of own resources, for which, read European taxes. Well done, I say. At the same time, I do have to say that I regret that the European Parliament is not willing to learn anything from the lesson that Member States are teaching it. The Euro clique, removed from reality as they are, thought they were just going to get a little bit more money for their own hobbies. They have now completely lost touch with what is going on in the minds of their own citizens. They keep asking for more and more, while Parliament and the Commission should just be marking time or even cutting their spending. Not a bit of it. The Netherlands and the other Member States have extremely good reasons for rejecting the increase in the EU budget the introduction of European taxes. We are doing this for democratic reasons and find it entirely inappropriate that some in this House, such as the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats), seem to think that the Netherlands ought to be punished for that. As a founding member of the EU, the Netherlands has almost always been the largest net contributor to the EU budget. We are talking about Dutch taxpayers’ money. Is Mr Daul now going to call for sanctions against other Member States? Is this the end of the EU? One might almost wish it were, considering how the interests of our citizens are being bargained away. That is really sad, Mr President, but it is who are then going to be subject to accusations of being populist. If populism means that we are listening closely to what people are saying, that we are representing them and offering really watertight arguments about extracting ourselves from the economic crisis, which the EU has also forced upon us, then I shall be happy to wear that title with pride. Obviously, we will continue to oppose the increase in the 2011 budget and European taxes. By the way, Mr Schulz, before you start, I am not blond."@en1
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