Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-11-20-Speech-4-051"
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"Mr President, a decision of mine is at the source of this vote: for some it is a merit, for others a fault. The problem is that the European Parliament delegation in the Conciliation Committee was split down the middle: seven in favour and seven against. My choice could have been political – to toe the group line – and, in this case, the legislative procedure would have resulted in no action, that is to say no directive. However, I based my decision on an institutional need: with the delegation split down the middle, I thought that, as chairman, the decision should be referred back to plenary and I answered no to the question ‘Is it right that a legislative procedure should result in the rejection of measure by such a small margin when the delegation is split down the middle?’ It is better for the decision to be taken in a transparent way by Parliament. It may well be that this decision – which was, I assure you, a difficult, tough decision to make – is wrong, but I wanted to tell you the reasons why I acted in this way. I would like to add, Mr President, that, consistently with the institutional vote, I will abstain today.
Finally, I would like to thank the European Parliament delegation for its passionate, very discerning work in the Conciliation Committee."@en1
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