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"Mr President, in defining the agenda for the Convention on the future of the Union, the Laeken Council has deviated from the conclusions of the Nice Council with regard to two points which concern us.
Firstly, whereas Nice declaration No 23 had included in the agenda a point entitled ‘The role of national parliaments in the architecture of Europe’, the Laeken Council has watered down that idea under a much vaguer title: ‘More democracy, transparency and efficiency in the European Union’. Under this title, it first of all asks how we can increase the democratic legitimacy of the current institutions and, only in second place, whether the role of the national parliaments needs to be modified. It is a largely biased approach, since in reality the two questions are just one: recognising a prominent role for national parliaments within the architecture of Europe is the best way to reconcile the Union with its citizens.
Second modification: whereas Nice mentioned the status of the Charter of Fundamental Rights in a purely neutral way, Laeken includes another idea in the agenda, the idea of a European constitution, that is, a clearly supranational fundamental text rather than a treaty.
It therefore appears, Mr President, that between Nice and Laeken, the federalist pressure groups have taken charge. They have managed to have modifications adopted, very significantly, which are both aimed at minimising the role of national democracies. This approach does not correspond with the wishes of our citizens and it will have to be corrected in the years to come."@en1
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