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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	"da"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20041117.9.3-192"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-11-17-Speech-3-1932
lpv:speaker	lp:Karin Riis-jørgensen2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; IMCO (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the United States (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; ECON (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 vice-chair; ALDE (2004-07-20--2007-02-26)3 unknown; Venstre, Danmarks Liberale Parti (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Mr Barroso, I participated in the vote partly in order to obtain a Commission with more women in it than the present Commission. I formulated this demand in my group’s letter to you prior to the vote on your candidacy in July. You wanted to comply with our demand and therefore promised eight female Commissioners. Given this promise, I was delighted to approve you as Commission President. You lived up to my expectations when you quickly and efficiently put together a Commission with eight female Commissioners and sound liberal people of first-rate ability in important posts. In the light of this, I supported you all the way, not least when things got rough in recent weeks. It is therefore with great regret that I must now point out that you have broken your promise concerning eight women in the Commission. My support is thus rewarded in the form of a broken promise, and I must therefore draw the necessary conclusion. I cannot, unfortunately, vote in favour of your Commission tomorrow. That is something I deeply regret, but I will not break my promise to my electorate. I must also be able to look those people in the eye who feel strongly about our original demand for eight female Commissioners. They can now justifiably ask the very relevant question: does the demand for eight female Commissioners no longer have the character of an ultimatum? No, apparently not. Nor, however, can I vote against a Commission of your making that is so liberal and sympathetic to reform. You will therefore see me not taking part in the vote tomorrow. That is not the way I should have liked it to have been."@en1

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