Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-09-24-Speech-3-049"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-09-24"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:European Constitution and IGC2
dcterms:Language	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030924.1.3-049"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-09-24-Speech-3-0502
lpv:speaker	lp:Carles-Alfred Gasòliba i Böhm2
lpv:spokenAs	treasurer; ELDR (1999-07-20--2004-04-01)3 unknown; Convergència Democràtica Catalunya (1999-07-20--2004-04-01)3 member; ECON (2002-01-17--2004-04-01)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of South America and MERCOSUR (2002-02-07--2004-04-01)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the proposed European Constitution represents undeniable progress in the process of European construction and I fully agree with the assessment of my colleague from the Group of the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party, Mr Andrew Duff, in this regard. However, we Catalan Members from will abstain. The reason is that an aspect which is fundamental to us, and I believe also to many European citizens, has not been considered as fully as we had asked for. The peoples of Europe who are identifiable as stateless nations, or in regions with a strong personality and sense of identity, have not been associated in the manner we called for. It is true that the draft Constitution takes up certain principles which we believe to be valid, but it does not include the guarantees we called for in order to associate the regions with full legislative powers with the European institutions, nor does it guarantee that they have access to the Court of Justice, nor does it ensure the inclusion in its linguistic system of languages which are official in the Member States. That means that a language such as Catalan – which will be the eighth most widely-spoken in the enlarged Union – lacks and will lack the Union’s official recognition and there will be no guarantee that it will have it. I would insist that we recognise the positive elements of this Constitution and the inclusion of the principles relating to cultural and linguistic diversity and the principle of subsidiarity for the regions, which we believe to be very important, and a modest degree of progress in terms of the competences of the Committee of the Regions. However, for the reasons I have given, we shall reserve our definitive vote for the result of the Intergovernmental Conference."@en1

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