Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-01-14-Speech-2-114"
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"Mr President, in 1990, as Parliament's rapporteur on what became the Maastricht report, I urged the establishment of what we now know as the 'Committee of the Regions'. I did so because local authorities in regions play a vital role in implementing European law. Given that role, I felt it was right that they should have a say in the adoption of European law.
The Napolitano report takes that principle and moves it forward in the context of today's Europe. I welcome what Mr Napolitano has argued for in terms of the higher status of regions and local authorities in European decision-making. But I also accept that he is right to do that in a non-prescriptive way that does not interfere with the internal constitutions of the Member States. By making a case for the regions but leaving it to the individual Member States to decide how to implement his recommendations, he has struck the right balance.
For example, we have just heard an argument for regions to be involved in the Council of Ministers. I support that argument, but each Member State must do that in the context of its own constitution.
Finally, the one weakness in the Napolitano report is that it has not given enough emphasis to the role of regions with legislative authority. I hope that the Commission will look at that and find a way of engaging them more coherently in EU activities."@en1
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