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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I and my delegation feel that it was a wise decision to entrust the drafting of this report to Mr Napolitano. In the concern at the imbalance between the powers conferred on the executive institutions and the scope afforded to the parliaments as a whole, he has found a key factor on which to base his report.
In effect, Mr President, the European Parliament has been expressing its concern for years. Mr Napolitano’s report proposes an initial, effective solution which is perfectly in line and in harmony with the Maastricht Treaty and the Treaty of Amsterdam.
The second key element of the report concerns the matter I had occasion to highlight months
ago to the Italian Ambassador himself, even before anyone else, for it is primarily an Italian issue: the incompatibility between holding the office of Member of the European Parliament, on the one hand, and that of member of a national parliament, regional councillor or – I would add
calling on Mr Napolitano to take note of the fact – mayor of a big city, on the other.
Moreover, if the European Parliament is to regain its political role, there will have to be an increase not only in the quality of the debates but also in MEPs’ attendance in Brussels and Strasbourg.
The third element which I have to mention is the report’s wise, categorical refusal of a Chamber composed of representatives of national parliaments, thus avoiding making the decision-making process more unwieldy and, most importantly, preserving the distinction between the competences of national and European parliaments.
Our goal is therefore an institutional agreement, and we hope that President Cox will respond to Mr Napolitano’s call to initiate it. We are moving towards a process of strengthening the institutional role of the parliaments, which are elected to play a political and governing role, rejecting any decidedly antiquated element of concentration of executive power in the hands of institutions which are not at all legitimised by the people’s vote.
I would therefore like to take this opportunity to thank Mr Napolitano for his excellent, brilliant work."@en1
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