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"Mr President, even if the Commission gets a majority in this Chamber tomorrow, that does not mean that our group does not have any doubts about certain individual Commissioners. Indeed it is because of these doubts that two critical passages have been included in the resolutions. It is clearly stated under 3 and 5(a), (b) of our resolution that if Parliament loses confidence in a Commissioner then we will only need a simple majority to ask the President, Mr Prodi, to dismiss the Commissioner concerned. Point 5(b) adds that if a judicial accusation is made on account of corruption then that too is a reason for the Commissioner concerned to depart. In addition, point 5(f) of the resolution reiterates that Parliament can request for there to be an exchange of portfolios if there is good reason for this. I would like to ask Mr Prodi again to respond to this.
My second comment relates to the agreements that have already been made under paragraphs 1 and 4 of the resolution and under paragraph 5 up to and including (h). It must be evident from the additional questions that other than the points I have just mentioned, the undertakings that have been made have been inadequate. But I also want to refer to the obligation to provide information, to the need to pass documents through to Parliament whenever requested to do so. I have already presented a draft regulation in the Committee on Constitutional Affairs as regards this obligation to provide information. We believe this matter should be speedily resolved. Either you draw up a draft regulation or the Committee will do it itself, in which case there is already a text.
To conclude, I have a message for Mr Bolkestein, who is not in fact present. For years, he has presented himself as a euro-critic and euro-sceptic, and during the hearing he made a 180º turn. As Christian Democrats, we must, of course, support anyone who repents. But we are assuming that it wasn’t a turn just for the purposes of the hearing, but one which will also be given expression in his work. We will follow this with a very critical eye
The question as to whether we will vote for or against tomorrow, or whether we will abstain, depends on the answers provided by Mr Prodi to the paragraphs in the second half of our resolution."@en1
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