Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-07-03-Speech-1-067"
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"Mr President, in the EU, matters are so often on the agenda that it is difficult to say when the various developments begin. The precedence of EU law may be dated back to the judgements given in 1962 and 1964. The right of veto in accordance with the Luxembourg Compromise prevailed from 1966 to 1986. The changeover to majority voting may be dated back to the Council of Ministers’ new rules of procedure from July 1987 and the Single European Act’s majority provisions for the internal market. The possibility of closer cooperation was introduced by the Treaty of Amsterdam, but unanimity is required, and that possibility has never been made use of, except in areas where there was already unanimity, for example in connection with EMU and cooperation under the Schengen Agreement. With the Feira Summit, the EU’s Member States acknowledged for the first time that closer cooperation could take place without the agreement of every country. Feira put the issue on the Intergovernmental Conference’s agenda. It is too early to say whether the outcome will be a general clause or whether earmarking will be introduced, but the initial breakthrough has occurred, and the principle of equality between countries has in that way been abandoned. From now on, Germany and France can set the pace, even if Great Britain and other Euro-sceptic countries wish to see cooperation take a different direction. Formally, changes to the Treaties will still require unanimity but, in reality, it will soon be possible to increase cooperation without waiting for the stragglers. Those who want to see further integration have good reason for congratulating the Portuguese Presidency, but for those of us who want to see more democracy and equality between the countries of the Union, the Feira Summit is no cause for celebration. I also believe that the sanctions against Austria ought to be lifted, and preferably sooner rather than later."@en1
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