Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-06-12-Speech-3-329"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-06-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Vote (continuation)2
dcterms:Language	"pt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020612.3.3-329"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-06-12-Speech-3-1122
lpv:speaker	lp:Carlos Coelho2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2002-02-07--2003-03-09)3 unknown; Partido Social Democrata (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	". I wish to congratulate Mr Gil-Robles on his report on the election of representatives in the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage. The participation of the Union’s citizens in European elections is far from satisfactory. The turnout rate has fallen from 63% in 1979 to 49.7% in 1999, whilst the powers of the European Parliament have increased substantially. The European Parliament is gaining power but losing its legitimacy. The steady decline in the turnout rate in European elections is a matter of concern to us. In the next European elections in 2004, the Community institutions and Member States must adopt the necessary measures to make voters more aware of the importance of these elections. The Member States must reach agreement on a date for the next European elections which does not coincide with national traditional events or public holidays, in order to optimise the conditions for the turnout in the elections. The Member States must adopt all possible measures to ensure that there is greater participation in the European elections, including procedures for ensuring people are registered on the electoral rolls and for the use of direct voting. I agree with the provisions laying down the incompatibility of the offices of Members of the European Parliament and members of a national parliament. Portuguese law already contained such provisions, but this will now become a Community measure. I must note that the Council has not accepted Parliament’s proposal to reserve 10% of seats for the single European constituency. It was right to reject this proposal. This would do nothing to bring the citizens closer to their representatives and would only serve to take seats away from national representations and give them to a more distant set of ‘European’ personalities… In order to increase the turnout in elections, we must close the information gap and work on developing an EU information and communication policy aimed at the European people."@en1

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