Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-07-01-Speech-2-026"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-07-01"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Greek Presidency2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030701.1.2-026"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-07-01-Speech-2-0272
lpv:speaker	lp:Jean-Louis Bernié2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Chasse, Pêche, Nature, Traditions (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; CONT (2003-01-29--2004-07-19)3 member_of_the_bureau; EDD (2001-07-05--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, at the European Council, I was struck, yet again, by the gap between the Heads of State and the public. How can we ask the public to be enthusiastic about the creation of a super-minister for Foreign affairs – suddenly appointed Vice-President of the Commission – or about the appointment of a President of the European Council, or about all these texts which either are totally beyond their comprehension or have a hollow ring to them? Should there be more competences for Europe, for more Member States? Very well, but which budgets are going to pay for them? Should we have more qualified-majority votes? What will we use them for? Mr Blair sees this as the condition for greater liberalisation, while others, on the same side of the political chessboard, believe that it is the condition for the advent of social Europe. One does not have to be a genius to see that some people are going to be disappointed. This draft constitution, which seeks to smother individual states, is, in my opinion, incompatible with democratic expression. I do not want to see our states, deprived of their decision-making powers, become mere regions of Europe. The Convention did not need the mandate of the people for that purpose. This draft constitution, drawn up by an unrepresentative Convention, has no legal value and even less added value for our citizens. I hope that the final text will enable the national parliaments to control subsidiarity effectively so that Europe no longer has a say in everything. For all that, it will be up to the people to decide, by means of a referendum, whether they accept the idea of disappearing into a European-style democracy constructed out of nothing, thereby still giving the lion’s share to an all-powerful democracy."@en1

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