Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-05-26-Speech-4-067"
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"Ladies and gentlemen, before the signature of this Interinstitutional Agreement that Parliament has just approved and that President Barroso and myself are going to sign, I would like to congratulate the Commission and Parliament on having reached this framework agreement — which is the fourth — that establishes the foundations for our cooperation.
I believe that, as a result of this Agreement, the transparency of the work of both institutions will be increased. It also enhances the role of our Parliament as a control body and a democratic expression of the European Union and, therefore, also enhances the democratic legitimacy of our common project and better defines the political responsibility of the Commission.
It is now clear that, notwithstanding the principle of collegiality, each member of the Commission is responsible for the fields that fall within their competence. It is stipulated that, in the event that there is a new member of the Commission, they must attend a hearing before the European Parliament before commencing their duties. And it is also laid down that, every three months, the President of the Commission or the Vice-President responsible for relations with this Parliament will meet with the presidents of the political groups in order to ensure that there is permanent dialogue between our institutions.
Beyond the letter of the Agreement, however, our intention through this agreement is to maintain constant cooperation in Parliament’s legislative actions, which must take the form of a clear strategy and better results. We will immediately be able to ascertain the extent to which the spirit of this Agreement will also govern the actions of our institutions.
They operate in a complex manner and sometimes their decisions oblige us to take one route or another in a way that to a certain extent predetermines the result. We will soon see this, for example, in the case of the events involving the working time Directive that this Parliament recently approved by an absolute majority. The decisions taken by the Commission in this regard will determine the procedure to be followed and, to a certain extent, will also predetermine the result.
The Agreement we are signing today, notwithstanding its letter, is intended to strengthen democracy in the European Union’s operation, something that the European citizens are unquestionably calling for.
Thank you very much to everybody and congratulations on this Agreement."@en1
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