Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/1999-10-27-Speech-3-069"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"1999-10-27"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Report on the IGC2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.19991027.2.3-069"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:1999-10-27-Speech-3-0702
lpv:speaker	lp:Professor Sir Neil MacCORMICK2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, there is one dog that has not yet barked in this debate, and I should just like to draw attention to the radical failure of the Dehaene report to deal adequately – mentioning it only in passing – with the regional aspect of government in Europe. Subsidiarity here seems to be a concept which gets lip service but not real action and it certainly needs redefining in the Treaty. The autonomous regions and nations internal to the Union states of the European Union, like Spain or the United Kingdom or Belgium, must obtain effective standing in our system. Reform in the Council would be one prerequisite. It could properly differentiate its executive and legislative roles and in the latter begin to approximate itself to a territorial chamber. The Committee of the Regions as at present constituted is both toothless and not in any sense fairly representative. Are Members here aware that Luxembourg has six members in the Committee of the Regions and Scotland four? I am not familiar with the differences between east and west Luxembourg but I know a little about the internal differences of Scotland, and the principle of representation as it exists is absurd. A committee that was supposed to enable regions and internal nations to counterbalance the states is dominated by the state system. New members will arrive here with enlargement in this Parliament, many of them representing former member nations of union states. Think of Slovenia, think of Estonia. They are small states but their representation will automatically exceed that of the Basque country, that of Flanders, that of Scotland, that of Wales. The principles of representation in Europe, as applied to its nations and regions need to be re-examined, and I am very sad that the Dehaene report has said practically nothing about this."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; AFCO (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Scottish National Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with Japan (1999-09-28--2002-01-14)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(Applause)"1 "MacCormick (Greens/ALE )."1

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