Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-03-14-Speech-3-038"
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"Mr President, the representative of Parliament in Nice summed up the result as a catastrophe. It is impossible to understand how one can cold-bloodedly build a future conflict between large and small countries into the treaty. It is even more difficult to understand how the Council can refuse to introduce a reference to the rights which all Member States have previously signed up to.
How are citizens to understand that their elected representatives do not wish to confirm the rights which they politically pretend to support? A weak treaty may pose a risk to an expanded EU, which has to combine many different legal traditions. We want to see higher ambitions when it comes to reaching decisions on who is to do what, who is to decide what and how, and on rights and democracy.
The debate with the citizens must focus on the central issues of the future in a more flexible Europe. A democratic convention is required, not merely a website, to create open debate and open decisions. The presidency gives the impression of seeking to avoid the key issues of the debate on Europe. This is tantamount to shirking its responsibility to lead Europe. Seize the opportunity to contribute to a democratic EU with a democratic European Parliament – which I also hope the presidency will show respect for."@en1
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