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"It is true, Mr President, that involving the national parliaments in the European structure does not imply new institutions, it implies increasing their powers of control and information vis-à-vis their own people. As you know, honourable members, there is to be a Convention, the involvement of the national parliaments in which is of historic importance. But that is not enough. They need clear guidelines on the issues which the Convention will address and which are tantamount to drafting a European constitution. In-depth debates are needed, either in plenary or in special parliamentary committees, so that delegates come here to state not just their own personal opinions but the more general line of thinking of their parliaments. This is something I have yet to see in the parliaments of the Member States of the European Union, in Greece at least. If those responsible for national parliamentary work are not interested in organising this sort of debate, I fear that our debate here will be of limited interest."@en1
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