Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-06-14-Speech-3-066"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-06-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Security and defence2
dcterms:Language	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000614.4.3-066"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-06-14-Speech-3-0672
lpv:speaker	lp:José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-neyra2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; Delegation for relations with the countries of South America and MERCOSUR (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2002-03-07)3 substitute; AFCO (1999-09-01--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Partido Popular (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, we must recognise that the progress that has been made in recent months in the field of security and defence policy originated from the informal Council of Defence Ministers in Sintra, which should be included on the list of successes of the Portuguese Presidency. One of the many and complex problems involved in the development of this policy, which necessarily requires greater involvement by Finance Ministers and Defence Ministers, is the role and influence of the institutions. At this initial stage, Mr President, Parliament should be more involved in the development of this policy. We should be thinking about a parliamentary dimension for the common security and defence policy which includes the establishment of mechanisms necessary for Parliament to participate, with its corresponding institutional role, in the definition and the objectives of that policy. Furthermore, the appropriate measures should be taken for the Parliament to exercise control over the security and defence policy and so that it is constantly and adequately informed of its tasks and of the provisional bodies which currently work in the service of the Council of Ministers of the European Union. What I have just said with regard to Parliament, Mr President, is equally valid for the Commission. The balance between the institutions should not be altered in the case of such an important question. We should clarify the competencies of the Commission and the Council, since there is an unresolved tension between intergovernmental and Community powers. The ambiguity with regard to the limits of the Commission’s role is particularly evident in the field of security and should be clarified once and for all, since we must not forget that the harmonious partnership between Parliament and the Commission has given rise to the successes of the European integration project, and we should work and fight for its restoration. Furthermore, Mr President, this European Union project is not just a matter of a political, economic and military union. Our project is based, or should be based, fundamentally on a community of values. We in the European Union do not simply define ourselves as consumers in a big market place, but as citizens of the Union. The citizens of the Union, represented by Parliament, increasingly want to be involved in this area which concerns them and affects them directly, namely the common security and defence policy."@en1

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