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We voted against the European Parliament recommendation on Europol’s ‘incorporation into the institutional system of the European Union’ because it seeks to remove Europol from the strictly inter-governmental sphere where its convention placed it, and to bring it within the ambiguous status of the third pillar, inter-governmental crossed with Community aspects, which would ultimately be a step towards bringing it more completely within the Community sphere.
Legally, this manoeuvre appears to us to be very blameworthy. In effect, the European Parliament is suggesting that the Council should officially replace the convention (which is a specific treaty) with the legal basis of Article 34(2)(c), which is within the Treaty and which in certain cases allows the use of a qualified majority. However, such a change, which is legal in nature and which has effects in law, is not possible without the ratification of the people. Therefore the manoeuvre is also politically deplorable. No one has the right, on such a fundamental issue – nor, moreover, on any other issue – to change the decision of the people behind their backs.
This sort of behaviour on the part of the European Parliament bodes ill as regards Parliament’s respect for the people if more powers were given to it."@en1
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