Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-03-26-Speech-3-104"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-03-26"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Introduction in the draft Accession Treaty of a financial framework2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030326.6.3-104"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-03-26-Speech-3-1052
lpv:speaker	lp:Rijk van Dam2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EDD (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; CONT (2003-01-29--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-21--2004-07-19)3 unknown; ChristenUnie - Staatkundig Gereformeerde Parti (2002-03-18--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Estonia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-09-18--2004-04-30)3 member; Delegation for relations with Israel (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; BUDG (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the accession of an unprecedented number of new Member States looks likely to bring with it an unprecedented conflict between the Council and Parliament. A balance of powers between the institutions is essential for the stability of cooperation within the EU. What the Copenhagen Summit laid down in Annex 15 concerning the financial perspectives for accession countries affects the budgetary right of this Parliament as established in Article 272 of the Treaty. The Council and Parliament are the two arms of the budget authority and must respect each other in that. That is why we also have the Interinstitutional Agreement of 1999. Unilateral establishment of financial perspectives is incompatible with this, even if it were understandable in the light of the situation on conclusion of the accession negotiations. We do not have a hidden agenda in this matter. We do not want to jeopardise the Interinstitutional Agreement; still less do we want to jeopardise the signing of the accession treaties. Nevertheless it seems as if the Council is in fact doing this by undermining the budget right, which is one of Parliament’s essential prerogatives. The Presidency has informed us that it has not managed to remove Annex 15 as it is about impending primary legislation. So Article 272 of the Treaty, the budget right, is valid primary legislation. As both arms of the budget authority have to agree every year, it is now important that they reach out to each other, preferably tomorrow, but in any event within the next two weeks. If we do not succeed with an EU of Fifteen, we are putting the EU of Twenty-five at risk."@en1

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