Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-10-26-Speech-2-089"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-10-26"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Statement by Mr Barroso, President-elect of the Commission2
dcterms:Language	"sl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20041026.5.2-089"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-10-26-Speech-2-0902
lpv:speaker	lp:Alojz Peterle2
lpv:spokenAs	member; AFET (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; ENVI (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2004-08-31--2007-02-14)3 unknown; Nova Slovenija (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; DROI (2004-10-25--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, in common with you I have the honour and responsibility of taking part for the first time in the decision-making process regarding the European Commission of the enlarged European Union. I would like the European Parliament to perform this task with both dignity and credibility. I was happy to vote for the future President of the Commission, not because he is from the beautiful country of Portugal, but because he presented a vision worthy of support. Today he has reinforced that vision with a number of programme elements, with a clear desire for close collaboration with the European Parliament and also with the desire to lead the Commission in the spirit of the European Constitutional Agreement. I am not interested in discussing today the outcome of the American elections or the fate of Berlusconi, nor should we be going right back to Adam and Eve. We should be concerned with the future of the European Union and the strength of its Commission. It is not our role to make judgements about the personal views of the candidates but to decide on the competence of the proposed Commission. We have more than enough challenges ahead of us for us to be playing little games. I am not happy about much of what I have read about the hearings, either on the left or on the right. However, even if I did agree with the criticism, I cannot put the whole Commission at risk for the sake of one single majority vote in one of the committees for one of the candidates. If we adopt the practice of making judgements according to some ideological yardstick fuelled by one or two sentences, or quotes taken entirely out of context, we will have difficulty finding a candidate who would survive, as everyone has, at some time in their life, said something that could easily be the subject of long political debates. I will, of course, support a Commission which will operate in a collegial manner, based on the assurance of its President, and I wish it every success."@en1
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