Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-11-15-Speech-3-125"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-11-15"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:VOTE2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20001115.4.3-125"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-11-15-Speech-3-1262
lpv:speaker	lp:Dominique F.C. Souchet2
lpv:spokenAs	member; AGRI (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Rassemblement pour la France (1999-07-20--2000-11-22)3 substitute; EMPL (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; UEN (1999-07-20--2001-01-30)3 substitute; PECH (1999-07-21--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
lpv:translated text	"Without going back to the excellent argument put forward by Mr Gallagher regarding the text that has been submitted to the vote, I would like to extend the debate to cover all cases where our countries are represented by the executive Commission in international negotiations. My comments naturally apply to the issue before us today, the representation of the European Community within regional fisheries organisations, but they apply equally to talks conducted for example within the World Trade Organisation. If the Commission has the power to represent the Community and to negotiate in an international context, it is because it has received a mandate from the Council. It is therefore important that this mandate is defined clearly in terms of time and content and that it is strictly monitored by the Council. In a good many cases, such as fishing in certain regions of the world, the interests of Member States are not uniform. Some Member States are not at all involved in certain fishing regions. It is therefore vital that the Member States that are directly involved can defend their own interests by sitting at the negotiating table with the Commission at their side playing a useful technical support role. Otherwise, the influence and the weight of Europe in such negotiations would be weakened if the interests of Europe were represented in a manner intended exclusively to benefit the Commission. Europe would, in fact, have just one seat and the position that would be defended would be nothing more than the lowest common denominator established on the basis of the positions of a group of Member States who are involved to varying degrees. What is important therefore is not to satisfy the Commission’s desire for domination by weakening the position of Europe, which would be in direct conflict with the correct application of the principle of subsidiarity. On the contrary, in all international negotiations in which the European Union is involved, it is important to begin by strictly defining the Commission’s role, which should by no means be to replace Member States, but to support and coordinate alongside the Member States concerned. I am not a hundred percent certain that this is the path the Nice Summit is preparing to take … but there is still time for Member States to regroup."@en1

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