Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-12-04-Speech-4-125"

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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.20031204.6.4-125"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-12-04-Speech-4-1262
lpv:speaker	lp:Anders Wijkman2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Committee on Development and Cooperation (2002-01-22--2004-07-19)3 member; Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (2002-02-06--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-10-23--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Kristdemokraterna (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"I abstained from voting on the resolution adopted by the European Parliament concerning progress by the Intergovernmental Conference. In and for itself, the resolution as a whole contains many good viewpoints and demands. I cannot, however, support paragraph 8 because it says that not every country should be able to appoint a Commissioner. The resolution justifies this by saying that the Commission would be in danger of acquiring an ‘intergovernmental character’ if a Commissioner were appointed per Member State. That is strange reasoning given that this principle has so far operated well and that, to my knowledge, the Commission has never been accused of having an ‘intergovernmental character’. This is basically a question of democracy. It is important that each country should be able to be represented at the highest level of the Commission. That is the background to the position I adopted."@en1

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