Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-10-25-Speech-2-015-000"
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"Madam President, Mr Dominik, Commissioner, I note from the Commissioner’s speech that the Semester has been a success. I can only be pleased about that. With Europe in the throes of a major crisis, this tool, as it is called, needs to help move the situation forward.
I should like to address, in particular, the Council representative. It took you 16 minutes to explain the mechanism, which we were familiar with, and to tell us that all this is very technical, that it is ultimately too much for one to understand and that, if Parliament wants to be informed, then it is in luck, because it can consult the documents that are updated for the general public online.
You might also tell us to read the newspapers, which we do as a matter of course. I find it quite shocking that the only response to the question that was asked about Parliament’s role in the European Semester was that we should read the newspapers and search the Internet and we will learn just as much about it. You know, when we meet our fellow citizens – and I wonder whether you ever have cause to meet them yourself – they ask us: ‘What is Europe doing with regard to these issues?’ Until now, we would tell them: ‘Ah, we have developed the European Semester!’ Well today, the European Semester is a damp squib.
That is what I wished to say to you, Mr Dominik. The method that has been applied excessively for some months now is certainly not one that will enable Europe to overcome the crisis."@en1
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