Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-03-14-Speech-4-156"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-03-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Vote2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020314.6.4-156"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-03-14-Speech-4-1572
lpv:speaker	lp:Georges Berthu2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the European Economic Area Joint Parliamentary Committee (EEA) (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; ECON (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; NA (2001-01-31--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Mouvement pour la France (2000-11-23--2004-07-19)3 member; AFCO (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with Canada (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	". If there had been doubt regarding the content of the Carnero González report – which calls on the European Union to acquire a legal personality – this was removed by yesterday’s debate. The speakers attacked with federalist zeal, thus demolishing all the precautionary comments that the rapporteur had made to prove that his reform was perfectly innocent. Mr Napolitano spoke of establishing a supranational entity. Mr Duff mentioned the need for the Union to become a fully contracting party on the international stage. Jo Leinen said that granting the Union a legal personality was essentially the final piece of the jigsaw of all the federalist proposals. And lastly, the Commission declared that this was an ‘essential’ reform, and that it would support the proposal. It is clear, therefore, that the aim of granting a legal personality to the European Union, as well as the Communities, is to create a competent new actor on the international stage, which will use all the opportunities provided by Article 24 of the TEU (particularly since its revision after the Nice Summit) to gradually remove from Member States the autonomy of their foreign policy. Europe would then have entered the era of the super-state, before the citizens have decided whether this is what they actually want. We believe, on the contrary, as we explained in the minority opinion attached to the report, that the European Union must remain a unique organisation of major and responsible States – in other words, major and responsible national democracies – which are organised in a network. It will be the work of the Convention coming together over the coming months to find the combination that best encourages voluntary synergy, without abolishing the freedom of choice of the people."@en1

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