Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-10-24-Speech-3-117"

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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	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20011024.5.3-117"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-10-24-Speech-3-1182
lpv:speaker	lp:Dimitris Tsatsos2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Panellinio Socialistiko Kinima (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; AFCO (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Cyprus Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3 substitute; EMPL (2000-02-23--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, every single pronouncement by the European Parliament expresses our faith in democracy, transparency and efficiency. And quite rightly so. However, it is not enough. These general principles only acquire substance and translate into practice if they permeate the organisational structure of the entire European Union. Which is precisely why we should welcome Jacques Poos' motion for a resolution. It is one of the most important texts to pass through the European Parliament. The rapporteur demonstrates that a great deal can be done in the area of both democracy and efficiency without revising the Treaties, merely by applying them more accurately. Taking the report as my starting point, I should at least like to highlight the following: first, the way in which the Council is organised is so complicated, with its 27 sectoral formations which have a fragmentary effect on its work. It addresses individual trees, but rarely the wood as a whole. The General Affairs Council should meet more frequently, but with the ministers present, not just in Brussels but, if possible, at the meetings too. If the Council is to work, national administrations and governments need to adapt to the European institutional attitude and modus operandi. As for relations between the Council and the European Parliament, there is good cause to increase the numbers of days' presence, although personal appearances in Parliament by the President-in-Office of the Council and transparency do not necessarily mean that the Council has to be reformed. Finally, I note that the Europe issue has increased the volume of work and deserves greater attention. The members of the Council need to make a reasonable division between their national and European duties if they are to make a more effective contribution."@en1

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