Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-10-27-Speech-3-077"
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"en.20041027.5.3-077"2
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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I want to raise a point of order. I refer to Article 99(2) – just as the Member whose name I do not know wished to. I find it absurd that Parliament should be deprived of its right to speak when faced with such an important political change as this, and I consider it essential to open a debate. It should not only be the group leaders who can speak. By withdrawing his proposal, Mr Barroso has deprived Parliament of its right. The President-designate has, in fact, taken a political line in structuring his Commission and, seeing that each Commissioner has already appeared before the appropriate parliamentary committee, the vote should have taken place.
It is not an option now to put everything off for a month and to go looking for a majority, because Parliament is sovereign; otherwise we would not count for anything. It should not only be the group leaders who can speak: it should be everyone…"@en1
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