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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-12-17"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Vote (continuation)2
dcterms:Language	"pt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20021217.3.2-112"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-12-17-Speech-2-1132
lpv:speaker	lp:Ilda Figueiredo2
lpv:spokenAs	member_of_the_bureau; EUL/NGL (2002-03-06--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Partido Comunista Português (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; EMPL (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; AGRI (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries and the Gulf (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; PECH (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	". This report falls in line with the prospect of the federalist integration of the European Union, and points towards establishing a constitution, striving to increase the supranational powers of the European Parliament by extending codecision. It consequently advocates extending the use of qualified majority voting in the Council with the communitarisation of a greater number of policies. The resolution also strives to change the method of amending the Treaties and advocates the institutionalisation of the ‘convention’ method with increased powers, laying down different amending processes – making a distinction between what is known as the ‘constitutional’ part and the ‘policy’ part – and opening up the possibility of the national parliaments no longer being able to play their full role in ratifying the Treaties. Although we welcome the withdrawal of this resolution, as proposed by my group, from the point where it recommends the end of decision-making by unanimity in the Council for any revision of the Treaties (when what is at stake are issues as crucial as the decision to transfer national competences to the EU), the resolution envisages an EU legal system that takes precedence over those of the Member States, thereby increasing the powers of its supranational institutions. It even proposes creating a new institution, by institutionalising the ‘convention’, laying the foundations for creating a future ‘European State’ and undermining national sovereignty and independence, not least of Portugal. Hence our vote against the report."@en1

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