Seanad debates

Thursday, 13 November 2003

Address by Ms Mary Banotti, MEP.

 

There are representatives of the applicant countries in the European Parliament in an observer capacity. They do not seem to be making a huge amount of connection with the Parliament. A Latvian representative wrote an article which the lads back home did not like too well. They suddenly decided that they would take the representative back to Latvia as a result. We are now facing a constitutional issue because we will fight tooth and nail over this. While one may not like or agree with what somebody is saying, one would die for their right to say it. We are already encountering interesting issues such as this where a member of a democratic institution, in which members are used to having disagreements, can be replaced by someone who is more in line with thinking in his or her parliament back home. The outcome of this case will be interesting.

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