Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-04-12-Speech-3-065"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-04-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:IGC2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000412.2.3-065"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-04-12-Speech-3-0662
lpv:speaker	lp:Colette Flesch2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Parti démocratique (1999-08-07--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (1999-09-13--2002-01-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; ELDR (1999-09-13--2004-07-19)3 substitute; BUDG (1999-09-13--2002-01-14)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Latvia Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-13--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the aim of the IGC is to reconcile enlargement with deepening. In particular, we need to review the interinstitutional balance, representation within the Commission and the other institutions, the weighting of votes and the areas covered by qualified majority voting. Unanimity voting must apply to decisions of a constitutional and fundamental nature. Closer cooperation must make it possible to manage diversity and avoid getting bogged down, without calling the fundamental structure of the Union into question. The report by our fellow Members, whom I want to congratulate, has been substantially improved over the course of the discussions. Nonetheless, the outlined reform will hit the small Member States hardest. That applies in particular to the provisions on the composition and operation of the institutions. A Parliament in which the ceiling of four seats per Member State, which does not allow for a balanced representation of the political forces, is unacceptable. The same is true of a Council in which the qualified majority rules have to be readjusted and whose proposed method of operation will inevitably lead to deadlock and inconsistency, and of a Commission in which the rule must be one member per Member State. Lastly, let me bring up the question of the seat of Parliament and call for the promise made to be respected. I am always surprised to see our Parliament, which sets itself up as the committed champion of respect for minority rights when it comes to others, go against this approach when it comes to deciding on the institutional architecture of our own House."@en1

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