Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-02-03-Speech-4-071"
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I voted for the resolution to adopt an opinion is in favour of convening the IGC. I did so because it sums up the philosophy of the Portuguese Presidency, which is supported by a broad majority in Parliament, of opening up the IGC agenda beyond issues
related to redressing the balance of power between Member States, large and small, as was originally stated when the Helsinki Council was convened.
Unfortunately, in the issues covered by the resolutions on future subjects for revisions to the Treaty on European Union, nothing has so far been stated about the need to review Article 7, which deals with
in the event of a serious and persistent violation of the “founding” principles of the Union, as laid down in Article 6. As the present crisis involving Austria has demonstrated, the Union has the right to protect itself. Nevertheless, the legal mechanisms that exist in the Treaty are
Suspending a state is just such a process, and is to be condemned. I therefore think that this issue should be included as a matter of urgency in the IGC agenda, and in itself this justifies a thorough revision of the Treaties."@en1
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"suspending a State"1
"weak, difficult to apply politically and legally, do not define the powers of the institutions and do not guarantee fair legal treatment for processes of major importance."1
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