Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-10-02-Speech-2-017"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-10-02"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:White paper on reform of European governance2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20011002.2.2-017"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-10-02-Speech-2-0182
lpv:speaker	lp:Charlotte Cederschiöld2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2002-03-07)3 member; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with the United States (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Moderata samlingspartiet (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, there is every reason for developing ideas around the subject of how Europe is to move forward, but there is also a need to know what it is that has to be developed. Not everything has to be included, but just those things that cannot better be taken care of at national, local or individual levels, such as the internal market, the common currency, external and internal security, borders, customs and certain environmental issues. So far, the proposals relating to democracy are not sufficiently concrete. We therefore need cooperation across the institutions in order to move forward. We must build upon a clear division of power in which political responsibility can be insisted upon. The objectives need to be clarified and the initiatives adapted accordingly. It is to be able to hold people to account in a democratic system governed by law, and the prerequisite for this is a common basis of values with clear guidelines. An effective European democracy requires discussions across linguistic and national borders, together with an education system and media adapted in the light of these. The proposed multi-level democracy contribute to legitimacy and greater confidence in the institutions, but it must not degenerate into a democracy characterised by bargaining or corporatism and which is so often marked by corruption. Cooperation with civil society make political measures better suited to their purpose, but the role of politicians be distinguished from civil society. We now hope that the Commission will in future comply with the values in the proposal and, faced with each new initiative, ask four questions: Is the measure proportionate, that is to say appropriate to the problems that are to be solved? Is the solution in keeping with European democracy? Is the proposal in line with the EU’s vision and basic principles? Can people be held to account? The more people are involved in European cooperation, the better. Do not imagine, however, that legitimacy in itself creates democracy. Rather, it is democracy which creates legitimacy."@en1
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