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"Mr President, Mrs Wallström, I am going to make a very specific proposal, since Europe needs to take courageous and imaginative measures, in order to bring European issues closer to everybody and to make progress on the creation of a European public opinion.
I believe that we need a pilot programme to open up the great European debates, to open up the Councils in which the Ministers discuss issues affecting the citizens, with a clear code of conduct that makes the debate comprehensible. I believe that, following all of the constitutional problems, this pilot project could be seen as a sign of a will for transparency and open debate. I propose that that project be a public discussion of the Bolkestein Directive in front of the television cameras.
There is much talk about the transparency of the Council, but nothing concrete is ever done.
This would lead people to talk about this debate; a debate to present Europe to the public, to demonstrate positions clearly and so that the people know what is decided in relation to the issues that affect each of us in our daily lives.
I would also like to add that, according to Article 8 of the Council’s Rules of Procedure, any member of the Commission or the Council can propose a public debate of this kind. You could propose this debate yourself."@en1
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