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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	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20041117.9.3-199"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-11-17-Speech-3-2002
lpv:speaker	lp:Robert Goebbels2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Parti ouvrier socialiste luxembourgeois (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; CONT (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; Temporary committee on policy challenges and budgetary means of the enlarged Union 2007-2013 (2004-10-14--2005-06-08)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; ECON (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; INTA (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 vice-chair; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, in the words of Mao Zedong, as long as one is falling, one has still not reached the bottom. President Barroso reached the bottom of the political abyss into which Mr Buttiglione and Mrs Udre had pushed his Commission when, during the night of 26 October, he realised that the unity of the Socialist Group in the European Parliament would make a parliamentary majority in his favour unlikely. Mr Barroso was right not to persist in his error. The Commission, as an institution, would have suffered a defeat. Even if a chance majority had given Mr Barroso an all too short victory, the Commission would not have emerged strengthened. Tomorrow, the modified Commission will be able to count on a very comfortable majority. In no way, however, will the size of the vote in favour ensure an indefinite vote of confidence or a sort of blank cheque. We are going to give our agreement to what is far from being a dream team, but which appears to be more competent than Barroso I. The new Commission will have to apply itself in order to win the confidence of the large majority of MEPs who want to see an active and prosperous Europe that defends its social and environmental model. The European Parliament is unusual as parliaments go. When it comes to supporting or resisting a government programme, there is neither a parliamentary majority nor a structured opposition. All the political groups are at one and the same time in the majority and in opposition, with majorities forming around precise political objectives. The Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats has succeeded in building a broad coalition of pro-Europeans and anti-Europeans, loosely held together by a few conservative values. It has thus become the largest group in our Parliament, but without, for all that, calling all the shots, Mr Ferber. I hope that President Barroso has faced the facts and understood that he will not be able to rely solely on his party of origin, nor even upon all those on the right, and that he will have to count, in particular, upon the PSE Group which, with its 200 MEPs, is crucial to forming a qualified majority in any legislative procedure. I hope, Mr President, that you will take account of this fact."@en1

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