Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-01-13-Speech-1-087"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-01-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Regional and local authorities in European integration2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030113.5.1-087"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-01-13-Speech-1-0882
lpv:speaker	lp:Bernard Poignant2
lpv:spokenAs	member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Parti socialiste (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; PECH (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; BUDG (2002-07-29--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of south-east Europe (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Commissioner, Mr President, I would like to speak out in favour of the equality of the regions with each other. Even if some have legislative competence, this would not give them greater or additional rights in relation to other regions. Otherwise, we would be establishing two-speed citizenship with first- and second-class Europeans. It falls to each State to give power to its regions if it wishes to do so. The matter is being debated in many of our countries, and in particular in my country, France, but not only there. It falls to each State to consult its local authorities and its regions within the context of European policies and their transposal. The Member States do not necessarily do this well, and could do better, but this is a good start. I would point out that the European Union is not the sum of its regions. It is a Union of States and peoples. Each State must remain master of its internal organisation, both at institutional and territorial level. That is laid down in the Treaties in their current wording and we must retain both the spirit and the letter of the Treaties. No country can claim to have a better system than another. No country can impose its system on another. Europe is a contract, not a constraint. If I had to summarise, I would say: yes to strong, fraternal regions within the European Union, yes to regions that cooperate outside their borders, but no to a Europe of regions which would be an unfair, variable-geometry Europe."@en1

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