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"Mr President, I must admit I was astounded by the polemic launched by the European Parliament against Annex XV to the Accession Treaty, which is accused of violating both the inter-institutional agreement of 6 May 1999 and at the same time the rights of this House, by fixing ceilings for additional spending linked to the arrival of new Member States for the period 2004 to 2006.
Admittedly the normal budgetary procedure for the Europe of fifteen, in which Parliament has the right of codecision, was not followed. However, was it actually relevant, since we are now talking about a future Europe consisting of twenty-five members? Finally, will the decision not be taken in a much more solemn and legitimate manner by the Treaty itself? If Parliament’s powers had been cut in favour of a ministerial committee, an obscure committee, I could understand its protests. In this case, however, it is the people who will take the decision. How can the European Parliament protest when it is the people who are deciding on a question for themselves?
Once again we see the effects of Parliament’s navel-gazing and of its perpetual struggle to increase its privileges, which make it lose sight of both the undeniably greater legitimacy of the people and the fact that it is in everyone’s interests that the process of enlargement should advance smoothly."@en1
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