Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/1999-11-17-Speech-3-248"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"1999-11-17"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Treaty reform/next IGC2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.19991117.7.3-248"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:1999-11-17-Speech-3-2492
lpv:speaker	lp:Jacques F. Poos2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Parti ouvrier socialiste luxembourgeois (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; AFCO (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2000-03-07)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3 quaestor; Parliament's Bureau (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Quaestors (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 quaestor; European Parliament (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, we are preparing to vote on the European Parliament’s first resolution on one of the great issues of the present legislature: the IGC in 2000. In accordance with the Treaty, the principal players at this Conference will be the governments of Member States and then the national parliaments. But the other institutions, the European Parliament and the Commission will not, for all that, be resigned to the role of mere onlookers. Parliament, by means of its resolutions or through its two representatives at the Conference, will have to lead the project in an ambitious direction. This influence will only meet with success if the European Parliament concentrates on the essential points, “the priorities”, and if it deliberately refrains from presenting a long wish list of points which are as unrealistic as they are unlimited. Our two rapporteurs have attempted to avoid this trap, although I must say that they have not entirely succeeded. As we are developing in the constitutional area and as the Treaty represents the highest standard of our internal laws, in the future, we will have to force ourselves to be more precise in terms of the law. A constitution cannot be produced on the spur of the moment. For example, when, on the issue of qualified majority voting, we have to say precisely to which articles of the Treaty the general rule is to apply and for which ones exceptions can be made, you will realise that the current Treaty leaves very little room for manoeuvre. That is why, once we know the European Council’s mandate, we will have to go back to this document and make improvements to it. As the President of our Committee, Mr Napolitano, pointed out, it is not a question of dividing ourselves into extremists and reactionaries, but of being perfectionists, whilst remaining progressive as far as the future development of the European Union is concerned"@en1

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