Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-02-21-Speech-1-117"
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"Mr President, I was dismayed by President Barroso's contribution at the end of the debate on the presidency's programme – particularly his defence of his intervention in Portuguese politics. Mr Barroso, you are no longer a Portuguese politician: you are a European politician, selected by this Parliament and by the Council of all of the Member States to represent Europe. You cannot intervene in domestic politics as a Portuguese politician; that is not acceptable. Unless you understand that, you will weaken the Commission. Criticism of that position will not weaken the Commission but your actions will.
That is not unrelated to the issue that we are currently discussing in connection with the World Social Forum. An awful lot of people right round the world look to Europe as the only transnational, democratic institution that has the capacity to try to rein in the forces that they see destroying the world. If you cannot see the role of the Commission as a body that can transcend national politics and parties in a way that will give a lead to the hope expressed in the World Social Forum, then we are wasting our time here. I appeal to you to bear in mind that you represent Europe, not Portugal.
To take the example of the Services Directive – you say that you are committed to the European social model. We take your words at face value, but we will not accept them forever. We need to have a concrete example of your commitment. The only way, in my view, in which you can demonstrate your commitment is to extract the 'country of origin' principle, which directly attacks the European social model and which directly attacks the solidarity and
approach to the development of a European single market.
I want a single market in services, but I will not accept the 'country of origin' principle, which will give us a lower level of social services and will undermine the faith that millions of people outside Europe place in us to lead the way in creating a better world."@en1
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