Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-04-12-Speech-3-134"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-04-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:IGC (continuation)2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000412.4.3-134"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-04-12-Speech-3-1352
lpv:speaker	lp:Renzo Imbeni2
lpv:spokenAs	member_of_the_bureau; PES (2000-03-08--2004-07-19)3 vice-president; European Parliament (1999-07-20--2002-01-14)3 vice-president; Parliament's Bureau (1999-07-20--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; Committee on Development and Cooperation (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-22--2000-10-10)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Democratici di Sinistra (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, we are usually very quick to criticise the Commission or the Council when they do not attend our debates, but this time, ironically, the finger seems to be pointing the other way. At the very least, the two rapporteurs should have been present during the debate on their reports. I am aware that these days are extremely tiring for all concerned, but duty comes before everything else. I listened to Mr Segni’s speech. Somewhat aided by the fact that he was speaking in Italian, I realised that he was not speaking on behalf of the Union for a Europe of Nations Group, whose views are completely different from those he expressed and which I share. We are on the brink of an historic occasion where the risks are great, but so are the opportunities. We must be aware that this historic occasion provides us with the opportunity to enlarge a community of values and not merely orchestrate the geographical and territorial enlargement of an advanced economy which has raised the standard of living of our communities. This is the real challenge. Enlargement is thus our opportunity to change our operating rules and ensure that they are based on greater transparency and stronger guarantees of the rights of citizenship, and also streamline our decision-making. The basic requirement we uphold is the need to confine unanimity to constitutional issues and to use qualified majority voting for all other matters. In the very short space of time remaining, I would like to refer to paragraph 51, which puts forward the idea of our coming together with the national parliaments to examine the possibility of holding an Inter-Parliamentary Conference on the future strategies of the Union. Clearly, a substantial amount of responsibility would fall to our President and to the French Presidency. I am convinced that this opportunity for representatives of the national parliaments of both the Union countries and the candidate countries to meet and discuss future strategies and the implications of the Intergovernmental Conference is extremely valuable and must not be passed up."@en1

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