Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/1999-09-15-Speech-3-124"

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dcterms:Date	"1999-09-15"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Votes2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.19990915.9.3-124"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:1999-09-15-Speech-3-1252
lpv:speaker	lp:Caroline Lucas2
lpv:spoken text	"My decision to vote against this Commission was not taken lightly. But having listened closely both to the debate here today, and to the answers we have been given from the Commissioners designate in the Parliamentary Hearings over the past few weeks, I still have a number of grave concerns and reservations. There are two aspects to these concerns: on the one side, the political side, of course we could not expect a Green Commission. But what we did expect was the demonstration of a greater awareness of how to prioritise and implement key issues of social justice and environmental sustainability. On the other side, the assessment of the Commissioners’ ability to live up to the enormous expectations that now lie upon them to introduce a very different kind of behaviour and culture in the new Commission, we did expect the demonstration of an ability to introduce genuine, far-reaching, radical reform. And so, in order to be able to vote in favour of this Commission, I would need to be able to say that, as a bloc, these are Commissioners whose commitment to introduce exactly such fundamental reforms I can endorse. I would need to be able to say that these are all Commissioners whose integrity and good judgement are beyond reproach. I would need to be able to say that these are Commissioners whom I, and the citizens of Europe, can wholeheartedly trust. I greatly regret that what I have heard and read over the past few weeks and months means that, for a number of Commissioners in the proposed new Commission, I cannot yet say these things. And because I cannot say these things, I cannot justify to the electorate who voted for me a vote in favour of this new Commission."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Green Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (1999-09-14--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Lucas (Verts/ALE ),"1 "in writing"1

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