Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-06-14-Speech-3-057"

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dcterms:Date	"2006-06-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:European Council (Brussels, 15-16 June 2006) (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"pl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060614.2.3-057"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-06-14-Speech-3-0582
lpv:speaker	lp:Genowefa Grabowska2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; LIBE (2005-09-14--2007-01-14)3 member; AFCO (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 quaestor; Parliament's Bureau (2004-07-21--2007-01-15)3 member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Socjaldemokracja Polska (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; ENVI (2004-09-29--2007-01-14)3 quaestor; European Parliament (2004-07-21--2007-01-15)3 member; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; DROI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; Quaestors (2004-07-21--2007-01-15)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, we complain that, in spite of our successes and achievements during 50 years of European integration, the European Union has become stuck in a rut. We complain that it lacks a clear vision, that there is no agreement on what direction to take and what to do in the future. However, we should admit that these criticisms and reservations expressed by the citizens are related to the current functioning of EU politics rather than the Constitutional Treaty, whose significance has not been sufficiently explained to the public. After all, the European Constitution is a fundamental document which will allow the Union to deal with new challenges. We are all aware that the Union cannot develop further on the basis of the existing Treaties, and not because these Treaties are ‘too restrictive’ for 25 or more Member States. These Treaties have a basic flaw in that they do not provide for the involvement of civil society either in shaping Union policies or in the decision-making process. President Barroso, I would like to ask how many millions of signatures we would need to collect today, as part of a citizens’ initiative, in order for the Commission to hear the voice of the citizens. At the moment you are not obliged to take account of their voice, but the Constitutional Treaty would give the citizens the opportunity to set up such an initiative and one million signatures would be enough. I repeat, one million out of 457 million European Union citizens would be needed to set up such an initiative. Does this mean nothing to opponents of the Constitutional Treaty who bandy democratic slogans about so enthusiastically? President Barroso, it is with pleasure that I heard your declaration on the Constitution today. However, these words must be backed up with actions and the most important task at the moment is to win back the trust of the citizens of Europe in the European project. We have to do this in the old Union where Europe has become very commonplace because the citizens have had it for too long and also take advantage of pro-European feeling, or rather enthusiasm, in the new Member States. In my country, Poland, 80% of citizens want more Europe and 60% want a Constitutional Treaty. This is a good sign and I hope that during the European Summit these countries will make the right decisions, showing the way for Europe and the place of the Constitutional Treaty, so that we may overcome this impasse."@en1
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