Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-12-04-Speech-4-124"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-12-04"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Vote (continuation)2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20031204.6.4-124"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-12-04-Speech-4-1252
lpv:speaker	lp:Lennart Sacrédeus2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Kristdemokraterna (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; EMPL (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Ukraine and the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committees and Delegation for relations with Belarus (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"I have voted against the resolution (which was nonetheless adopted by 346 votes in favour, 106 votes against and 58 abstentions), for, on crucial points, it does not meet what is required by central features of the Swedish Christian Democrats’ values and our work to protect the rights of small countries in the EU. We wish to see a reference to Europe’s Judaeo-Christian and Biblical inheritance in the Preamble to a future European Constitution. I therefore welcomed Amendment No 7, involving support for the Presidency’s efforts to have Europe’s Judaeo-Christian inheritance incorporated. This was rejected by plenary (with 213 votes in favour, 293 against and 17 abstentions). I also supported Amendment No 8, which put forward demands for a Commission constituted on the basis of equality, with a Commissioner with full voting rights for each Member State. Parliament voted against this, however (by 349 votes in favour, with 147 against and 49 abstentions). Instead, paragraph 8 now states, mistakenly, that the Commission would be in danger of acquiring an intergovernmental character if a Commissioner were appointed for each Member State. Nor do we support paragraph 5 in which Parliament adopts a position on the proposal for a clause in the intended European Constitution. The clause would entitle the European Council to give itself and the EU increased powers, as well as to change the voting rules in favour of a qualified majority rather than unanimity, without the approval of the Member States’ national parliaments."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"passerelle"1

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