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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"1999-12-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:European Council/Finnish Presidency, Chechnya, OSCE2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.19991214.3.2-039"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:1999-12-14-Speech-2-0402
lpv:speaker	lp:Monica Frassoni2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the EU-Cyprus Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-28--2002-01-14)3 member; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2002-01-07)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; AFCO (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Ecolo (Belgium) (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"President of the Commission, I think that despite all the talk about transparency and openness which our Nordic friends are congratulating themselves on the Finnish Presidency has managed to obtain, in the conclusions, what the governments actually want: to keep the European Union’s decisions and actions completely free from any interference, not only by Parliament, but also the Commission. Now, I am wondering, President Prodi, how you can be so happy when the Commission is practically being reduced to the role of report-provider on the most varied subjects, and clearly does not have a central role in the decisions or initiatives, in respect of both the Intergovernmental Conference and the CFSP. I am also very surprised that as someone who has been speaking to us since September about the importance of a comprehensive reform and his willingness on this matter with regard to the Council, today you are pleased that a comprehensive agenda has not been drawn up. I would like to express my wish that the Members think carefully before accepting Parliament’s opinion on the opening of the Intergovernmental Conference – which is the only, extremely weak tool we have – and that they try, in all ways possible, to convince the Commission that it is necessary to agree to have clear discussions with the Council and its members – including Italian, Belgian and French members, whose speeches on this subject have been, so to speak, a little modest – in order to take the decisions on the future of the European Union out of the hands of diplomats and national governments. I think that pretending everything is going well, when the choice that has been made goes decidedly in the direction of enlarging the Union without deepening it, is profoundly wrong."@en1

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