Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-07-01-Speech-2-049"

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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	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030701.1.2-049"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-07-01-Speech-2-0502
lpv:speaker	lp:Marianne Thyssen2
lpv:spokenAs	member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (1999-10-12--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with Canada (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Christen-Democratisch & Vlaams (2001-10-01--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Poland Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-03-07--2004-04-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the Greek Presidency of the Council has managed to do good work under tragic international circumstances and in an economically and politically unpromising climate. For that reason, I too should like to congratulate the Presidency of the Council. Much has been achieved in many areas, but the Presidency of the Council will, of course, be best remembered for the kick-off of the final decision on the constitutional treaty. I hope that this will result in an Intergovernmental Conference that will decide to sign a treaty that is actually based on the Convention’s conclusions. Not only was the method of the Convention a sound choice, the leading triumvirate was one too, and it is fortunate that the Convention’s ordinary members have also added value in a significant manner. Anyone taking part in European debates nowadays is mainly faced with criticism, and I admit that we are keen to join in. What we agree on is something that we believe to be already as good as established, something we believe to be very much a matter of course and for which we have been asking for a long time. As regards the things that we think are less successful, we hope that they can still be rectified, obviously in the direction we indicate. We should not overlook the fact that there is still to be an IGC, and that we still need to convince the public. We should therefore not be tempted only to focus on our minor or major disappointments, but rather look at the whole picture and, with a sense of balance, point at the increased opportunities for transparency and at the Union’s decisive policy. Despite this, Mr President-in-Office of the Council, I too should very much like to know whether the mandate which the Convention has with regard to Part III still leaves enough room for the Convention to file down a few layers of the remaining veto rights, whether the Convention now has the authority or not to change anything to Part IV and whether the European Council actually believes itself that the Union can hold out beyond the period of the next financial perspectives to work with the current financing mechanism. I am really happy today to be a Christian Democrat; not because we are celebrating our fiftieth anniversary, but mainly because our ideology takes as its starting point the need to believe in people. You cannot rely on structures alone. The structures with which the Convention provides us will not, on their own, enable us to move mountains. We will therefore need to rely on responsible people, and I hope that there are many of those left in Europe."@en1

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