Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-02-05-Speech-2-023"
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"Mr President, more and more often in present-day society we are seeing situations where legislators are expected to enact laws very quickly and effectively. It would seem that these demands being made with regard to financial services are quite justified. This means we really have to evolve a modern legislative process, as Mr von Wogau mentioned. Unfortunately, a modern legislative process often seems to mean that it is the European Parliament that is expected to give up some of the legislative powers it enjoys by virtue of the Treaty. The problem with the Lamfalussy package is that the European Parliament cannot be completely certain it would not, in fact, be surrendering the legislative power it has on behalf of the citizens of the EU to the Council, on the one hand, and the Commission, on the other. In this regard, the European Parliament must ensure that these parliamentary supervisory powers are brought into closer focus.
As President of this institution, you will surely seize on the proposal that the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market has put forward: whenever the European Parliament suspects that the Commission is using more than its fair share of powers of implementation, you could negotiate an
scrutiny mechanism to prevent Parliament’s legislative powers from being watered down. We all know that Parliament’s legislative power is not an end in itself: we really try to ensure, on behalf of the public, that decisions are taken openly and democratically, and that all views worthy of attention are taken into consideration during the process.
It is also perfectly clear that the EC Treaty is no longer relevant to modern times in this respect. The Commission’s commitment to amending Article 202 of the Treaty in the very near future, which would restore Parliament’s legislative and supervisory powers, is to be welcomed with open arms. It should also be emphasised that the European Union needs a hierarchy of legal acts, with legislative powers and powers of implementation being defined very clearly. At present we are in a grey area with this Lamfalussy package, the direct result of level 2 decision-making."@en1
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