Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-09-24-Speech-3-065"

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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	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030924.1.3-065"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-09-24-Speech-3-0662
lpv:speaker	lp:Raffaele Costa2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; BUDG (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Forza Italia (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, after congratulating the rapporteurs on their work, I believe that it is necessary to make some preliminary remarks. There was a lengthy debate on whether it was necessary, appropriate and right to introduce a reference to Christian values – or even to God – in the text in question and in the text that will be adopted. I believe that, over and above the formal aspects – and I would not be sorry if a reference to Christian values could be included – and over and above the terms used, it is important to note that the text that has emerged, and is emerging as it develops, respects these values. I believe that the text shows considerable respect for Christian values: respect for human life and respect for the dignity of human life are, indeed, points of reference on which there has been much work in the Convention. I feel it is important to emphasise that, over and above the actual words contained in the text, there is a reference to our history, to European life, that has, of course, been influenced by and associated with Christian values. The different stages in achieving a Convention, a Constitution, new Treaties, have, I believe, been useful. I am not a pessimist: on the contrary, I believe that the work that has been carried out, although slow, has, overall, been fruitful, even if there is still room for some more development. I often think of what Europe could have been like without the Institutions that there are today, and I remember what our continent was in essence 60 years ago. I must say, therefore, that what has been done – in terms of the direct legitimacy of the public, the quest for ways of achieving consensus and the management of the institutions and consensus – can be considered to be positive overall. Many people maintain that there is still a great divide between the institutions and the citizens. Perhaps these very citizens should be involved in the evolution of Europe to a greater extent; perhaps it falls to us to recognise rights and to ensure that, through an important principle – justified expenditure, effective and appropriate bureaucracy – the divide between the institutions and civil society can be bridged."@en1

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