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"Mr President, President-Designate of the European Commission, ladies and gentlemen, it is a great honour for me, a new Member of this House, to take the floor today in such an important debate in my capacity as Vice-Chairman of the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats.
President-Designate, the Europe that you described is based on a balance between integration and intergovernmental dialogue and I welcome and endorse your view. In fact, you will be at the helm of a Europe which needs a policy centred on the balance between national and supranational authorities, capable of intervening effectively in multilateral fora and in distant locations within an enlarged Europe. Mr Barroso, I am sure that you will be able to merge the interests of small and large countries, while also preserving an essential Mediterranean dimension to Europe’s identity.
Furthermore, we appreciated your ability to anchor the process of integration to our common Atlantic identity. From global security to economic policy and the Middle East, the interests we have in common with our Atlantic partner cannot be forgotten.
Mr Barroso, the Union which you wish to help consolidate is enshrined in the European Constitution, and it would have been fully enshrined if we had included an undeniable fact, that is, that the main unifying element lies in Europe’s Christian roots. We will never tire of saying this. Europe, however, must also devote itself to reforming decision-making processes and the institutions. The pace of the economy in the globalised society requires this. The European Constitution is already a move in this direction but, pending ratification by the Member States, we cannot and must not stand idly by.
Parliament, the Council and the Commission recently adopted an important interinstitutional agreement called ‘Better Lawmaking’ which, if fully implemented, will be able, among other things, to make dialogue between the institutions easier and more transparent and avoid pointless legislation, by making the most of alternative instruments such as self-regulation and co-regulation and setting definite timeframes for the transposition of legislation by the Member States. It is also an agreement which should guarantee Parliament’s rights.
President-Designate, I am certain that the Commission you are to preside over will also play its full part in implementing the interinstitutional agreement. To do so, it must constitute a strong team capable of being enterprising and independent. Mr Barroso, a difficult, but important job awaits you. We would like to extend our best wishes for your work and assure you that you can count on our strong, loyal support."@en1
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