Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-06-15-Speech-4-051"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-06-15"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:European Council of 19/20 June 20002
dcterms:Language	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000615.2.4-051"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-06-15-Speech-4-0522
lpv:speaker	lp:Íñigo Méndez De Vigo2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America and Mexico (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (1999-10-27--2002-01-14)3 member; AFCO (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Partido Popular (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I believe that the quantity and quality of the speakers on the Charter of Fundamental Rights illustrates the importance this House attaches to it. Mr President-in-Office of the Council, I would urge you to see to it that the hearing you are to hold on the 19th with the President of the Convention, Mr Herzog, should not be a mere formality. It is not simply a question of listening to the President of the Convention, but also of listening to the actual problems which are being faced by the Convention at the moment, of asking what the final objective of the Charter is and of knowing how it is going to proceed. I believe that it would be of great help to the Convention if, in its conclusions, the European Council could make a statement on the future of the Charter, because it appears at the moment that its formulation has demonstrated that the Charter is of interest to the people. The participation of the NGOs, the participation of ordinary people, clearly show that Europeans are interested in the Charter of Fundamental Rights. The institutional questions of the Intergovernmental Conference are enormously important, but they do not reach the people. I believe that the Charter of Fundamental Rights does reach the people. The Charter must be the soul of the European Union and, therefore, at a time when we are discussing enlargement, I believe that the European Council – which has promoted the creation of the Charter – must send a clear political message: the Charter is going to be a very important element of the European Union. The Charter will be the soul of the European Union of the future. Therefore, Mr President-in-Office of the Council, I pray that in the Feira conclusions, which we will all read with enormous interest, the Charter will receive the boost that it deserves, so that the Convention will be able to complete its work properly. In that way we will fulfil the mandate of Salvador de Madariaga, for whom Europe would become a reality only when it is a reality in the minds of the citizens."@en1

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