Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-06-03-Speech-2-124"
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"Mr President, I want to offer an explanation of vote on behalf of the ELDR Group for our final vote on Mr Rothley's report on the Members' Statute on which we mainly abstained. We have the greatest respect for President Cox, and this group, under his leadership, and subsequently, has
fought for reform. We have been able to compromise on some matters but there are others of principle on which we will not compromise.
We, therefore, abstained on the following issues: we wanted reform now, not reform later at an uncertain date; we wanted equality for our colleagues from the acceding states. If we want to be treated equally here ourselves, why should we offer them a worse deal? We wanted the option of national tax so we could be treated with equality with the citizens we represent; we wanted a clear message that expenses should be transparent. Those items did not find favour with the majority in this House. Whilst Parliament has given its decision, it pains me as a parliamentarian to say that I hope the Council makes a better fist of it than we have."@en1
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