Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-12-17-Speech-1-052"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-12-17"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:European Council/Belgian Presidency2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20011217.3.1-052"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-12-17-Speech-1-0532
lpv:speaker	lp:Bas Belder2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EDD (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij - Gereformeerd Politiek Verbond - Reformatorisch Politieke Federatie (1999-07-20--2002-03-17)3 member; Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (2000-10-05--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with the United States (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the Laeken Declaration is punctuated by question marks: a sign of the ambiguity which currently exists in relation to the future of the European Union. Needless to say, the new Convention cannot provide answers to all those questions. That is why, in my view, priority should be given to improving transparency and a clear demarcation of powers between the European Union and the Member States. I was pleasantly surprised by the content of the questions concerning this latter point. It seems that there are no taboo subjects, if even the creeping transfer of powers in the direction of Brussels can be questioned. I was also surprised, but not pleasantly, by the composition of the Convention’s praesidium: no fewer than twelve people are supposed to make up the total. I wonder, then, what the role of an ordinary Convention member is. Not a significant one, I fear. However, this jeopardises the quality of the proposals which this body makes. The Convention will be relying on quality. Otherwise, its ideas will simply be put away in a drawer and forgotten about."@en1

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