Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-07-07-Speech-4-068-000"

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dcterms:Date	"2011-07-07"^^xsd:date2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20110707.4.4-068-000"2
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lpv:speaker	lp:Anneli Jäätteenmäki2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Suomen Keskusta (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; AFET (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2013-04-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the United States (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; AFCO (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 vice-chair; ALDE (2009-07-14--2012-01-26)3 substitute; SEDE (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, I would like to thank my colleague, Mr Duff. Unfortunately, though, I have to say that I do not support this proposal, except inasmuch as there are good arguments for bringing the election date forward to May. There are three main reasons why I do not support the idea of having 25 new Members of the European Parliament. First of all, they are simply not needed: this Parliament is already big enough. We should, instead, think about how we can improve the work we do and make it more effective. Secondly, this will be a coup for the big Member States. Thirdly, there are practical problems. A crucial part of the work of a parliamentarian is to keep in touch with the people. Apparently, these 25 new Members of Parliament are not expected to keep in touch with the people and the electorate, because that will be impossible in practice. If the EU expands, how will it be possible to visit each Member State even a couple of times a year? Finally, I would like to say that, of course, EU matters could be dealt with in the elections differently, and I want to remind everyone that in the last parliamentary elections in Finland – the national elections – nobody spoke of anything else but European matters. National issues took second place. It depends on us ourselves what issues we put forward as priorities."@en1
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