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"Madam President, Mr Barroso, Commissioner, much has been said with which I agree. I should just like to use three words. The first word is ‘respect’: it was not this Parliament that made the European Parliament colegislator with regard to economic governance. It was governments that decided this in the Treaty of Lisbon. As rapporteurs, we do not think it is right to be informed of important discussions relating to the governance package through or the English-language press. The first thing that I would ask of you, Mr Barroso, and I also ask it of Mr Van Rompuy’s colleagues present in this House, is to respect us and to let this Parliament get on with its work. The second word is ‘democracy’. Never, since the eighteenth century, have we seen a democratic system deny the separation of powers in the way that the European Council is doing now. In the separation of powers, there are those who decide and those who control. The Council, with your collusion, Mr Barroso, is currently taking upon itself the right to both decide and control, in other words, basically to do nothing. The third word is ‘effectiveness’. If we continue to water down the content of our proposals, we will arrive at the lowest common denominator and we know what that is. That is the Lisbon strategy! That is the 10 years that have led us nowhere. We will get on with our work. This Parliament demands to be respected and will defend democracy and effectiveness."@en1
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