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"en.20010531.3.4-085"2
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We, Members from different parties in the GUE/NGL Group, have not voted in favour of the report concerning the post-Nice report.
We oppose the development of the European Union towards a state with superior powers to those of the Member States in all aspects of policy, as the report in practice advocates. Instead of transforming the EU into a state, we are of the opinion that the Union must be democratised. Democratisation of the European Union must be achieved through a decreasing of the Commission's power and the introduction of openness and transparency into the legislative practices of the Council. The future debate about the European Union must also be about the role of the national parliaments in the future Europe. Today, political debate in Europe is focused on elections to the national parliaments (with the exception of the presidential elections in some states) and this can also be seen in the turnout in the different elections. The role of the national parliaments must be strengthened in decision-making in Europe.
We further protest against the militarisation of the EU. We insist that the EU remain a civil organisation and that the non-aligned countries' special status is respected.
We are of the opinion that the future Intergovernmental Conference must reconsider the construction of the EMU, reassessing the currency union's lack of democracy and its right-wing policies.
We demand that the stability pact be reconsidered and Article 56 of the Treaty be rewritten in order to bring the ECB under democratic control."@en1
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"Eriksson, Figueiredo, Frahm, H. Schmid, Seppänen y Sjöstedt (GUE/NGL ),"1
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