Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-12-14-Speech-3-339-000"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2011-12-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20111214.26.3-339-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2011-12-14-Speech-3-340-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Auke Zijlstra2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Partij voor de Vrijheid (2011-09-13--2014-06-30)3,3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Israel (2011-09-21--2014-06-30)3,3 member; LIBE (2011-09-26--2012-01-18)3,3 substitute; ITRE (2011-09-21--2012-01-18)3,3 member; NA (2011-09-13--2014-06-30)3,3 member; Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council (2011-09-26--2014-06-30)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, we are today discussing openness. Openness of documents, processes and decision making. Openness is necessary for a democracy. Openness is the fundamental difference between a democratic society and dictatorships. The question thus arises of how it can possibly be that the openness we desire was not part of the Treaty of Lisbon from the very outset. Can it be that the reason is the European project is an elite game that cannot tolerate openness? Can it be that it would immediately fail if the citizens were to know what is going on here? Whatever the case, Dutch citizens pay as much as EUR 5.7 billion annually to be members of the Union. They at least want to know what we get up to with their money. Madam President, now that the truth is known about a number of Member States, the Union is tottering. That truth concerns enormous financial deficits and an increasing lack of democracy. The citizens are turning away from a Union which threatens their wellbeing and does not want to hear their voice. The United Kingdom has now rightly opted for its national interest, the interest of its citizens. The interest of the citizens should, after all, be the starting point for every Head of Government and for the European Union as a whole. Openness regarding decision making is necessary but will no longer save the current Union – and that, Madam President, is something that we can all be open about."@en1
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