Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-07-04-Speech-3-033"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-07-04"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Programme of the Belgian presidency2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010704.1.3-033"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-07-04-Speech-3-0342
lpv:speaker	lp:Daniel Ducarme2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; ELDR (1999-09-13--2003-06-04)3 member; EMPL (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Quaestors (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 quaestor; Parliament's Bureau (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegations to the parliamentary cooperation committees for relations with Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Parti réformateur libéral/Front démocratique des francophones (1999-07-20--2003-06-04)3 quaestor; European Parliament (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr Verhofstadt, first of all, if I may, I would like to praise what I shall call the Belgian presidency’s clear analysis. I think that there really is a democratic deficit and that we must resist a hard core. I would like, however, if I may, to clarify that I am not thinking of the hard core that Mr Wurtz referred to, but the hard core of excessive bureaucracy, red tape and administrative hassle, which have prevented the public from being able to see clearly what Europe is doing. Stay focused, therefore, on what you have presented. What we must destroy is this Europe which lives by means of paper, by means of an image which does not correspond to what the citizens effectively want. I would like to wish you good luck, because we know full well how demanding your political task is. I shall now come back to three points. The Laeken Declaration must, without question, give more weight, credibility and depth to our diplomatic approach. It is clearly important to transform the current mechanism for international relations in order to gain the means to enable us to intervene, as you have said, in Africa and in other countries, as well as in Maghreb and in events that currently unfolding, particularly in Algeria. We need a stronger diplomatic mechanism. Secondly, as regards the power issue within the European Union itself, do what you have said you would; set a challenge for the debate to clarify the responsibilities of each of the institutions and, possibly, to extend the co-decision procedure in Parliament. My third and final point is that, with reference to the lack of clarity for citizens, I believe that it will be essential to dare to bring up the problem of the European constitution. The people of Europe have to know who wants and who does not want this European constitution, and, finally, after Laeken, the process must be more definite. I wish you good luck and I hope that at the end of the presidency, you will have been able to make progress on most of the points that you highlighted in the presentation on this presidency."@en1
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