Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-10-24-Speech-2-074"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-10-24"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Constitutionalisation of the Treaties – Reinforced cooperation – Island status2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20001024.3.2-074"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-10-24-Speech-2-0752
lpv:speaker	lp:François Bayrou2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Union pour la démocratie française (1999-07-20--2002-06-16)3,3 substitute; BUDG (1999-09-01--2002-01-14)3,3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2002-06-16)3,3 member; AFCO (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President we are at a crucial juncture, firstly because the report by Mr Gil-Robles, which I will cover in just one sentence, enables us to identify and support opportunities for closer cooperation and to dispel the risks and, from that point of view, it is a very good piece of work. Nevertheless, I would like to concentrate on the Duhamel report, to emphasise how much progress the idea of a constitution has made, including in this House. Everyone, or almost everyone, who has spoken has done so in support of this idea and we feel that this is already a huge victory. Why are all these people fighting and militating for the idea of a constitution? They are doing so in order to ensure that Europe becomes a democracy. In other words, all the decisions that are now trapped within the so-called intergovernmental debate, discussions in the corridors of power and behind-the-scenes diplomacy, all these decisions that are taken behind closed doors and shrouded in obscurity will become the business of the citizens, the general public, European public opinion. We, of course, take the view that this is the purpose of the constitution, over and above the already positive purpose of clarifying the Treaties. As a result of the Duhamel report, we finally have a credible script. Even if this two-stage process is not ideal, at least we can see where we are going. My last point is that, when it comes to drafting the Constitution for real, the key point will be to determine wherein the legitimacy of the European authority lies, and, in our opinion, it must come from the peoples, from our citizens and their representatives, the European Parliament and perhaps the national parliaments. Democracy is the power of the people."@en1

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