Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2010-11-24-Speech-3-026"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2010-11-24"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Conclusions of the European Council meeting (28-29 October) and economic governance (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20101124.4.3-026"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2010-11-24-Speech-3-0272
lpv:speaker	lp:Kay Swinburne2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, for once the two main topics being discussed by the European Council and the media back in my Welsh constituency are one and the same. Firstly, how will the EU cope with the situation in Ireland and secondly, how to resolve the impasse of the EU budget. In Wales we fully appreciate the EU funds received and all my constituents appreciate the need for a stable eurozone. However, the differences between the way the two topics are discussed in Cardiff and in Brussels are pronounced. In Brussels within the European Parliament, we take the two issues and discuss them separately. The European Parliament’s response and that of the Council to save the euro is that we need improved economic governance, more rules for national governments and enforcement via fines and sanctions. In Cardiff, my capital city – and I am sure in Dublin – while for the budget we conclude that there is a need for Member States to stop being selfish and put more Europe over the needs of their own countries, it all comes back to how and where taxpayers’ money should be spent. People know that austerity packages are necessary. They are told just how indebted their countries are every day. They know tough decisions have to be made, but they also want to decide how their hard earned money gets spent. Being asked to give up even more money to funding EU projects through an increased EU budget at a time when they are being asked to give up a slice of their public sector pensions, or even in some cases basic welfare provisions that they have come to depend on, is for many constituents a step too far. When the EU itself recognises that it has not done a good enough job at enforcing its own rules and standards within the eurozone, it hardly gives citizens much incentive to give it even more money. During these times of strict public spending, and as we review rules on economic governance for Member States, we within the European Parliament need to respect the pressures that Member States are under and accept that all non-urgent projects of EU institutions should be deferred to allow the setting of an EU budget that reflects our troubled economic times."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (2009-09-16--2012-03-27)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Switzerland and Norway and to the EU-Iceland Joint Parliamentary Committee and the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council (2009-10-19--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Conservative Party (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; ECON (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; Special Committee on the Financial, Economic and Social Crisis (2009-10-08--2011-07-31)3 member; PECH (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(The speaker agreed to take a blue card question under Rule 149(8))"1 "Kay Swinburne,"1 "on behalf of the ECR Group."1
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