Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-07-06-Speech-3-488-000"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2011-07-06"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:EU external policies in favour of democratisation (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20110706.24.3-488-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2011-07-06-Speech-3-489-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:John Bufton2
lpv:spoken text	"Madam President, there is a grey area in ethical judgment called cultural relativism. What is revered in one country may be abhorred in another. Even within Europe, there are vast cultural differences. The British would never allow bullfighting, and our laws mean it is illegal to produce foie gras. Who are we, therefore, to not only dictate terms of trade but roll out costly projects to tell third countries how to think and behave? The Commission evidently fancy themselves as the new UN. The EU may talk about democracy promotion, but what about democracy here? The EU ignored the results of five referendums it did not like: the Danish vote on Maastricht in 1993, the Irish vote on Nice in 2000, the French and Dutch votes on the EU constitution in 2005 and the Irish vote on Lisbon three years ago. Then the EU spends handsome amounts monitoring elections in Afghanistan and Kosovo, to absolutely no avail. It is sheer hypocrisy and arrogance."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; EFD (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; REGI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 unknown; United Kingdom Independence Party (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; AGRI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"John Bufton,"1 "on behalf of the EFD Group."1
lpv:videoURI	<go to Events_and_structure europarl>2

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