Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-06-04-Speech-3-036"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-06-04"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Preparation of the European Council in Thessaloniki on 20 and 21 June 2003, and meeting between the Troika and the countries participating in the Stability Pact for South-Eastern Europe2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030604.2.3-036"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-06-04-Speech-3-0372
lpv:speaker	lp:The Earl Of Stockton2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I wish to begin by saying to the Greek Presidency ' '. The President-in-Office and President Prodi have described the workings of the Convention – this is not the Convention I have been attending. The minister referred to 'consensus', but not to 'majority'. We have found a 'consensus' on one issue where there were five speeches in favour of a project and 49 against, but President Giscard d'Estaing felt that was a consensus in favour! He also said that the IGC will 'take into account'. What does that mean? For me that confirms that the Praesidium has actually been working as a kind of pre-IGC. President Prodi said that the deliberations were taken in the full light of day – but not the meetings of the Praesidium, nor the private meetings between Giscard d'Estaing and some Heads of Government, nor the leaks to putting very extreme positions from which Giscard d'Estaing could then be seen to negotiate to merely difficult or mildly impossible positions. I fear we have missed an opportunity. We were told that all subjects were open to start with, but the subject of reform of the has been closed. There is no mechanism for reviewing current legislation and the regulatory regime – that has been refused. There is to be no rewriting of Nice – that has been refused. This is not something that you can say is open. We have made progress, but in which direction? I fear we have made progress in the direction of the Council of Ministers and in the direction of national governments, not in the direction of this House and the people we represent. This is not a happy business, for I fear that we may have betrayed not only the European institutions but also the new Member States and, worst of all, our fellow citizens of Europe."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--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; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (2002-01-30--2004-07-19)3 member; PETI (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Conservative and Unionist Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Efcharisto poli"1 "Le Monde"1 "Stockton (PPE-DE )."1 "acquis"1

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