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dcterms:Date	"2000-01-18"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Response to Second Report of Committee of Independent Experts2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000118.10.2-303"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-01-18-Speech-2-3042
lpv:speaker	lp:Lousewies van der Laan2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; ELDR (1999-09-13--2003-01-29)3 vice-chair; CONT (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Democraten 66 (1999-07-20--2003-01-29)3 member; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, first of all, congratulations to Michiel van Hulten for his first report. It was a baptism of fire but we have a saying in the Netherlands appropriate for this occasion: in at the deep end and you will swim in no time. Mr van Hulten, I think you deserve a medal for your efforts. There are two points which, in my opinion, deserve special attention on the part of the ELDR. Firstly, there is the Commissioners’ individual responsibility. This must be regulated during the IGC. However, we should not like this important issue to end up entirely in the hands of the Council and we have, therefore, submitted an amendment in which we ask whether an interinstitutional agreement could be reached between the Commission and Parliament in order to ensure that we have a kind of fall-back position and are not placing our fate completely in the hands of the Council. Secondly, as already mentioned by my colleague, Mr Mulder, the ELDR is of the opinion that the European Parliament should also be investigated by independent experts. This will contribute hugely towards re-establishing the confidence of the European citizens in this institution. We at the European Parliament cannot be a credible counterpart to this reformed Commission as long as we do not search our hearts and put our own House in order as well. Only when all European institutions are reformed will we have the open, democratic and decisive Europe which our citizens now finally deserve."@en1

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