Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-02-06-Speech-3-215"

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dcterms:Date	"2002-02-06"^^xsd:date2
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dcterms:Language	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020206.10.3-215"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-02-06-Speech-3-2162
lpv:speaker	lp:de Miguel2
lpv:translated text	". Mrs Miguélez Ramos, I cannot agree with your assertion that the regions are as much States as the States of the Union, because the latter are the only members of the Union and the only ones that have the right to participate in the Council of Ministers. The regions may have their competences within a context of decentralisation and the concession of competences by the State to territorial regions. That concession of competences varies from one State to another and, furthermore, they vary greatly in many countries. Even in the case of countries which have made significant concessions of competences, such as Germany, Austria or Spain, the systems are completely different. You cannot compare the German federal system with the Spanish system of Autonomous Communities. Therefore, the representation of the State essentially takes place by means of internal cooperation and each State can, within this context, represent the interests of the territorial regions of its territory in the way that best suits the general interests of the whole country. Community policies are not external policy matters, but Community policy matters, but I would remind you that according to Community policy, the representatives in the Council are the Member States of the European Union and it falls to them to defend the positions which affect all of those countries according to their constitutional system. We therefore work on the principle that each State applies its constitution as it stands and that in no way means that the quality of the representation of the interests of the territorial communities depends on any particular system."@en1

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