Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-10-24-Speech-3-109"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-10-24"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Council reform2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20011024.5.3-109"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-10-24-Speech-3-1102
lpv:speaker	lp:Monica Frassoni2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the EU-Cyprus Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-28--2002-01-14)3 member; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2002-01-07)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-12-16--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; AFCO (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Ecolo (Belgium) (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, during a meeting last Saturday, I happened to hear a new colleague of an important minister describing, with the frankness of a newcomer, his first experience of a Council of Ministers. He said that it was a sort of Barnum Circus, where everyone talks but hardly anyone listens or actually seeks agreement. We support the rapporteur and the majority of his proposals, and so I would like to use the time available to me to send two messages from our group to the Council, in particular. The first is that, even if the Council were to approve Parliament’s proposals tomorrow morning, we would not be able to resolve the fundamental democratic imbalance and we would not be able to stop the intergovernmental drift. The only way to genuinely improve the democracy and efficiency of the Union is by strengthening the Commission and Parliament and removing the Council’s right of veto. The second message is a call to reflect on what Commissioner Barnier has said, namely that despite the positive elements and the endeavours of the Belgian Presidency, it would currently be impossible to reform the Council without a grass roots debate among its members on the very nature of the Council. I am sure that ideas vary among the Union’s Member States on the Council’s future, and I therefore call strongly upon the Presidency to assume responsibility for organising this debate on the future and to ensure that practical steps are taken which open up the way for rapid progress along the path outlined by Mr Poos, pending more comprehensive reforms."@en1

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