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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	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.19991117.7.3-245"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:1999-11-17-Speech-3-2462
lpv:speaker	lp:Dimitris Tsatsos2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Panellinio Socialistiko Kinima (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; AFCO (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Cyprus Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market (1999-07-22--2000-02-15)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Czech Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-08--1999-12-16)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I would commend Mr Dimitrakopoulos and Mr Leinen on their sterling work. We can be all the more hopeful in that the involvement of the distinguished figure of Commissioner Barnier bodes well for cooperation between Parliament and the Commission. As regards the draft: Firstly, it maintains political consistency in Parliament’s views in that it adopts the position taken in the report written by Mr Méndez de Vigo and myself that the European Union is both a union of peoples and a union of states. The survival of European integration depends largely on the balance between this dual legitimacy. Secondly, the draft quite rightly calls for the adoption of qualified majority voting as regards decision making in the Council, provided, however, that we adhere to the unanimity rule for constitutional matters and for other absolutely fundamental matters, i.e. those which have a bearing on the sovereignty of the Member States. Thirdly, for the first time, the draft proposes a cogent argument for a foreign policy in that it sets two essential conditions: firstly, that it guarantees the external borders of the Member States as borders of the European Union and secondly, it proposes that any State which is directly affected should have the right to object. Fourthly, on the sensitive issue of flexibility, for which, in my view, appropriate arrangements were made by the Amsterdam European Council, a consensual solution is being sought through amendments. However, I would like to appeal to Parliament to tread cautiously here. Experience shows that the sole, or even the main, danger for the European Union is not from dissenting Member States blocking actions, but from the lax regulation of this flexibility which can lead to a two-speed Europe or worse. I strongly recommend that Parliament votes by a large majority in favour of the excellent Dimitrakopoulos-Leinen report."@en1

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