Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-12-13-Speech-1-048"
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"Mr President, during our last plenary sitting in Strasbourg we approved a new European Commission. Like other major European institutions, it ought to be based on certain values and basic principles, such as equality between and amongst its Member States. But if we look, for instance, at the distribution of civil servants' posts between the old and new Member States in the Commission, this is unfortunately not the case. So far, less than a handful of the Commission's 265 most senior jobs are occupied by officials from the new Member States. The Commission has reserved eight posts at A1 level and 29 posts at A2 level. So far, however, only three of the Commission's 34 deputy directors-general and none of its 32 directors-general are from the new Member States.
This situation cannot continue. The European Union is not George Orwell's
where all members are equal but some are more equal. Rather, I would say that it should be a Community based on principles of equality and justice. Therefore, I ask the Commission to come to Parliament with a regular progress report on this issue and I also urge the President of our Parliament to monitor the situation closely."@en1
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"Rouček (PSE )."1
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