Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-06-11-Speech-2-148"

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dcterms:Date	"2002-06-11"^^xsd:date2
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dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020611.8.2-148"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-06-11-Speech-2-1492
lpv:speaker	lp:Hanja Maij-weggen2
lpv:spokenAs	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) (2002-02-06--2003-09-30)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2002-03-08--2003-09-30)3 member; AFCO (2002-01-17--2003-09-30)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2003-09-30)3 substitute; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (2002-01-17--2003-09-30)3 unknown; Christen Democratisch Appèl (1999-07-20--2003-09-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, I should like to thank Mr Gil Robles for his report on the organisation of the European elections. Many renowned rapporteurs have already gone before him, including Edgard Faure, Schelto Patijn, Karel De Gucht and also Mr Anastassopoulos. All these reports have always resulted in some improvement in the organisation of the European elections. Once again, the Council’s most recent draft decision includes a number of recommendations by our former fellow MEP, Mr Anastassopoulos and Mr Gil Robles. I would like to mention the principle of proportionate representation, the incompatibility of the membership of national parliaments with that of the European Parliament, a cut in the expenses for campaigns, probably to avoid hold-ups involving multimillionaires from our Parliament. A number of points have also been missed out. I should like to mention the requirement of gender equality, I should also like to mention the moving of the election date to avoid it coinciding with holidays. And something that is unfortunate – and which is the most important point here – is the drafting of one European list. This is particularly unfortunate, because this was a very sound point and would also have given us the opportunity, for example, to have a new President of the European Commission directly elected via the political parties and via a European list. It appears that the Council wants to hold on to this power and continue the undemocratic manner in which the President, and also many members of the Commission are appointed. This is unfortunate. I specifically say ‘many’ members, for I also know that a number of the members of the Commission, like Mrs De Palacio been directly elected on the European lists. They are therefore not all there without a mandate. It is unfortunate nevertheless, and maybe the only way to correct this is to ask the Convention to look into this matter. In my view, it is very important that the members of the European Commission should be democratically legitimised, like the MEPs. This could enhance public support for the Commission’s work and can also help the members of the Commission take more account of public opinion, as this is done by MEPs. The idea mooted by Mr van den Berg to solve this by holding a referendum is an interesting one in itself, but I should like to say straight away: you were in government for eight years with your party. You could have organised it all, but you did not. It is interesting that you should now ask the former opposition to organise this, and I will certainly pass on the message."@en1
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