Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-10-25-Speech-2-027-000"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2011-10-25"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:European Semester 2011: first lessons (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20111025.5.2-027-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2011-10-25-Speech-2-028-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Marianne Thyssen2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Christen-Democratisch & Vlaams (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; ENVI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP (2009-07-21--2014-06-30)3 member; ECON (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, Presidents, ladies and gentlemen, decisions and legislation stand and fall on the basis of their implementation. It is precisely for that reason that we are so satisfied with the launch of the European Semester and the integration of the Semester into the ‘six-pack’. If the governance cycle of the Semester is well applied, it can work wonders for the absolutely necessary economic and budgetary integration of the Union. Yet I do smell a rat, and I smell it on the side of the Member States. While it is clear to all observers that the Union lacks the muscle to follow rapid series of realities and events in its reform, we can see that in various Member States, resistance is growing and that national parliaments are beginning to brace themselves. Secondly, I also share the criticism about the lack of democratic legitimacy. It is high time that there was a fundamental debate about a properly understood subsidiarity approach. Is it on a structural or a political basis that we find ourselves stuck? In any case, we have barriers that need to be removed. In the meantime, however, we must not rest on our laurels – it is not five to midnight, it is actually five past midnight, and all the Member States must implement the agreed measures. I therefore have the following question to ask: do you not think it is necessary for the Member States to now commit in their own laws or constitutions to balance their budgets? Secondly, I would like to ask: is it not necessary for the national parliaments, as such, to explicitly commit to take the European recommendations in connection with the European Semester and the budget for Europe 2020 seriously? Thirdly, I endorse the question about a more active role for the European Parliament, since without democratic legitimacy, no serious measures can be justified."@en1
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