Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/1999-09-14-Speech-2-096"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"1999-09-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Statement by Mr Prodi (continued)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.19990914.4.2-096"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:1999-09-14-Speech-2-0972
lpv:speaker	lp:Marianne Thyssen2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3,3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--1999-10-11)3,3 unknown; Christelijke Volkspartij (1999-07-20--2001-09-30)3,3 member; ECON (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, on behalf of the Belgian delegation, the Belgian Members of the PPE Group, I want to start by driving home the message that the voting due to take place this morning places before us a decision of the utmost importance. We have no doubts about Mr Prodi’s Presidency. We were impressed by his introduction, we are expecting positive answers to the points contained in our Resolution, and we have faith in Mr Prodi’s ability to lead the Commission in a responsible and professional manner. If we had been asked to give our opinion on each of the Commissioners-designate individually then indeed we would have given most of them our support. But now of course, we have to give our opinion of the Commission as a College. We know that a chain is only as strong as its weakest link. Unfortunately, we feel that one particular link in the chain is indeed weak. Is the crisis situation in the institutions to continue? Not as far as we are concerned, for it is high time that the Commission was able to get down to work again, exercising its full authority. So you will not find us voting against the Resolution. The weak link, and everyone now knows who it is, is the candidate put forward by the Belgian government. This government could have done its own country a better service. The hearing with Mr Busquin was not a great success for the candidate. We, that is almost all those present in that committee, were agreed on this. But sadly enough, this assessment did not find expression in the letter to the President of the Parliament. It is anyone’s guess as to why. What is more, Mr Busquin did not show the least sensitivity towards, let alone demonstrate any commitment to, the question of defending the use of Dutch in the European institutions, which was an insult to the six million Flemish people. Those of us who represent the Flemish people cannot just overlook this. Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, you will not be surprised to learn that the Belgian delegation of the PPE cannot give its approval to this College with one voice, but we do intend to adopt a constructive attitude over the coming years in order to work with the College."@en1

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