Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-11-17-Speech-3-176"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-11-17"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Statement by Mr Barroso, President-elect of the Commission2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20041117.9.3-176"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-11-17-Speech-3-1772
lpv:speaker	lp:Bernat Joan i Marí2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, what happened during the last plenary part-session was important for the European Parliament. Forced by the democratic will of the Chamber, Mr Barroso had to withdraw his proposal. That was important in strengthening the European institutions and Europe itself as a political entity. The danger of a Commission not supported by this Parliament forced Mr Barroso to make new proposals and that was a good day for our institution. The most visible problem was supposed to be Mr Buttiglione's controversial statement during the hearing, but that was merely symptomatic. In the past we have had several Commissioners with the same opinions and nothing happened. In fact, the problem was that the majority of Parliament thought that the Commission should be a better one, more in accordance with real European needs and with European institutions and more sensitive to European peoples and stateless nations. The members of the European Free Alliance, part of the Verts/ALE Group, are convinced that your new proposal is not substantially different from the old one. Mr Barroso, when you asked for more time three weeks ago in Strasbourg, we hoped you would bring us a better proposal. But we have seen that you are in a way a prisoner of the will of the Member States. You are not free to build a Commission based on the general interests of Europe, as distinct from the interests of each Member State. We parliamentarians have no freedom to choose the Commission and each of its members on our own. For that reason, Mr Barroso, we cannot back your proposal."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; G/EFA (2004-07-20--2007-06-18)3 member; CULT (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (including Libya) (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2007-06-18)3 unknown; Europa de los Pueblos (2004-07-20--2007-06-18)3 substitute; DEVE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Joan i Marí (Verts/ALE )."1

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