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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"1999-11-17"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Treaty reform/next IGC2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.19991117.7.3-242"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:1999-11-17-Speech-3-2432
lpv:speaker	lp:Hanja Maij-weggen2
lpv:spokenAs	member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (1999-10-12--2002-03-07)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (1999-09-14--2002-01-14)3 member; AFCO (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Christen Democratisch Appèl (1999-07-20--2003-09-30)3 substitute; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, in this debate on the agenda and procedures for the upcoming IGC, I would first of all like to express that I, like the rapporteur, would advocate taking a wider approach, at least wider than proposed at the Cologne Summit. The reasons have been spelt out loud and clear. During this Summit, the accession, in the short-term, of four or five countries from Central and Eastern Europe was discussed. This number has since grown to ten or twelve. This has the immediate effect that a root-and-branch reform should be undertaken and this is more than a few institutional reforms. As far as I can see, there are six points to this argument. Firstly, there are the institutional reforms as planned in Cologne, the make-up of the Commission, one Commissioner per Member State as far as we are concerned, the weighting of votes, which should be proportionate to the size of population and qualified majority voting. This should encompass the budget but also agriculture and legislation. Secondly, there is the integration of the second and third pillars, more integration in the Treaties. In order to achieve this, more of a Community approach needs to be adopted. Thirdly, the new Treaty should contain a sound legal basis for a European regulation on the openness of government and transparency. Fourthly, we also need a legal basis for the European Union itself so that we can act autonomously in bodies such as the United Nations and the WTO. And I agree with those who say that the constitutional aspects in the Treaty should be separated from those components relating to the executive. I think this is a sound line to take. Finally, this Charter of Fundamental Rights, to be laid down in future, should be embedded in the new Treaty. These seem to me to be the salient points. As for the procedure, our most important wish is, of course, maximum involvement of Parliament. Two MEPs seems just fine but they will need to be able to play a full part. We give our full backing to the reports of Mr Leinen and Mr Dimitrakopoulos. They did a marvellous job and let us hope that the summit in Helsinki will indeed decide to incorporate the wider agenda we are proposing in the IGC"@en1

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