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dcterms:Date	"2003-04-09"^^xsd:date2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20030409.3.3-021"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-04-09-Speech-3-0222
lpv:speaker	lp:Joan Colom i Naval2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Partit dels Socialistes de Catalunya (1999-07-20--2004-02-25)3 substitute; ECON (2002-01-17--2004-02-25)3 member; BUDG (2002-01-17--2004-02-25)3 vice-president; European Parliament (2002-01-15--2004-02-25)3 vice-president; Parliament's Bureau (2002-01-15--2004-02-25)3 member_of_the_bureau; PES (2002-01-17--2004-02-25)3 member; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (2002-02-07--2004-02-25)3
lpv:translated text	". Mr President, today is a great day, and proof of this is the fact that we have 25 flags accompanying the common European flag. You know that I am one of those who would like to see just one flag in this House, but today I believe that the presence of all of them is justified. The budget is not usually an emotive subject. But I must acknowledge that, particularly perhaps for those of us who have spent more than half our lives under a dictatorship, reaching an agreement today to fund the democratic reunification of Europe is a sensitive and emotional issue. I must say that everything was going well, apart from what I would consider a mistake on the part of the Council, which tarnished the end of the process and created unnecessary difficulties; the introduction of Annex XV, which had no precedents in previous enlargements. And the annex affected the basic competences of Parliament. There were two equally valid alternatives: to consider the presence of Annex XV as an implicit violation of the interinstitutional agreement and act accordingly, pursuant to Article 172 – and this will explain the final vote of certain Members – or to negotiate with the Council. This is the option Parliament chose, there were tough negotiations, in which we must acknowledge in particular the skill of the chairman of our Committee on Budgets, Mr Wynn, and as a result of which we have reached an entirely acceptable compromise which I will recommend to the House. We have achieved the objectives set for us and I believe that in some cases we have gone further than adjusting the financial perspectives for the purposes of enlargement. As rapporteur for many years in this field I would like to stress that this is the first review of the financial perspectives achieved in more than a decade. We will therefore have a Heading 3 for internal policies, which can operate in the coming years, which is sufficient if not comfortable. There will be no discrimination between old and new Member States. We have achieved a declaration from the representatives of the Member States, those who sign the Treaty. A declaration of an interpretative nature, which preserves the democratic rights of Parliament and of our future colleagues from the new Member States. Furthermore, we have achieved a new situation for Turkey, in heading 7, which has a dual significance: it contains a political message for that country and it allows us room for manoeuvre within heading 4 on foreign policy. Therefore, although, to be frank, I would have preferred to remove Annex XV, I am in a position to recommend to the House that you approve this agreement and I believe it will allow the Union and Parliament to move forward in the right direction."@en1

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