Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-02-02-Speech-3-087"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-02-02"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Intergovernmental Conference2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000202.6.3-087"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-02-02-Speech-3-0882
lpv:speaker	lp:Avril Doyle2
lpv:spoken text	"I welcome Commissioner Barnier and the Portuguese Presidency here this afternoon. On 14 February, we will see the launch of the IGC which is to be completed by the end of 2000. This is a big task but it can be done. I think it is generally agreed here this afternoon across all groups that the Helsinki agenda will not be sufficient to cover the necessary reform to prepare Europe for enlargement. In other words we need to go further than what has been referred to as the important “Amsterdam leftovers”. These include the extension of qualified voting – in my country we accept that but not to areas of taxation – the re-weighting of voting in Council to favour larger states and the number of Commissioners in an enlarged Europe. In relation to the latter point, Ireland wants to maintain the right to nominate a full and equal Member of the Commission irrespective of the number of Member States joining. We are prepared to consider re-weighting the votes in the Council of Ministers, provided that the larger Member States are willing to agree to every Member State having a full and equal Member of the Commission. I feel I speak for many smaller countries when I make that particular point. At the IGC, we would also need a debate on the possible divisions of the Treaties into two – into a policy area and an area on the Constitution. We would accept the division of the Treaties providing it would not limit the control the smaller Member States had in the re-negotiation of the whole policy area of the Treaty. In other words, if we are not represented fully in the Commission we will not have an input into policy discussions. So we are watching that entire point extremely carefully. We look forward to the Charter of Fundamental Rights and to seeing its contents. The Treaty of Amsterdam, Mr President, has set the number of European Parliament Members at 700 and a debate is needed in this Parliament on how that number will be distributed among the enlarged Europe."@en1
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lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Doyle (PPE-DE )."1

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