Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-04-12-Speech-3-150"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-04-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:IGC (continuation)2
dcterms:Language	"fi"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000412.4.3-150"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-04-12-Speech-3-1512
lpv:speaker	lp:Riitta Myller2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Suomen Sosialidemokraattinen Puolue/Finlands Socialdemokratiska Parti (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3 member; Delegation to the EU-Lithuania Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3,3 vice-chair; PES (1999-07-20--2002-01-16)3,3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3,3 substitute; EMPL (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, we have a very challenging task before us. We have to find answers to the challenge of enlargement, but the Union at its present size also needs to re-establish the rules of the game and the decision-making process. We have to strike a balance between efficiency, democracy and Member State equality. Above all, we have to be able to restore confidence of our citizens in decision making in the European Union. This will come about by increasing genuine transparency and by developing the way administration actually serves the people. The Commission must be given support while it puts the changes into effect, but the Council and Parliament must also themselves be able to work to strengthen confidence among our citizens. Both an enlarged Union, and one that is the present size, must ensure that decision making is mainly in the form of qualified majority decisions. We have seen that matters of taxation, for example, have become stumbling blocks. It is hard to understand why we cannot introduce a reasonable tax on capital in Europe. At present, capital is like a dog off its leash. We all have a lot to gain and protect in a common Europe. We also have to cling to the notion of European solidarity for as long as possible in changing circumstances. I cannot accept the idea that closer cooperation can be achieved on the strength of the vote of one third of the Member States. In my opinion, we need more than that. The Commission should also be as thorough as possible in the way it drafts topics for debate, and this is why in future there should also be a Commission Member representing each Member State. The balance between the small and the large Member States must also be preserved in the Council so that double majority voting can never be acceptable under any circumstances."@en1

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