Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-01-13-Speech-1-080"

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dcterms:Date	"2003-01-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Regional and local authorities in European integration2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20030113.5.1-080"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-01-13-Speech-1-0812
lpv:speaker	lp:Bart Staes2
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lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the core of this debate on the role of the regions in the European structure is the necessary acknowledgement in the European constitution that the European Union does not only comprise states but has a more complex composition. Ten years ago, when the Maastricht Treaty was negotiated, there seemed, in my view, to be a more favourable climate for the regional package of requirements than there is today. There are even signs of a countermove in the European Convention now. The draft constitutional treaty put forward by Valéry Giscard d'Estaing causes me great concern in this regard. It does not contain any references at all to sub-state governments and is a step backwards in many respects. All this is happening against the background of enlargement. Many of the states that will soon be acceding are smaller than the existing regions and nations with legislative powers. The candidate Member States will soon be participating fully in the European structure. It is therefore only fair that nations such as Flanders, the Walloon provinces, the Basque country, Catalonia, Wales, Scotland and Galicia can do that too. The report by Mr Napolitano has arrived at an opportune moment, a few weeks before the debate on this in the Convention on 6 and 7 February. I fully support the strengthened version of the Napolitano report that Mr MacCormick mentioned. Commissioner Barnier and Mr Méndez de Vigo have just commented on the proposal to offer constitutional regions direct access to the Court of Justice. If I understand correctly, they are arguing for controlled access under the authority of the Member State in question. This little trick, however, is rather too transparent. It means in practice that, for example, the three historic nations of the Basque country, Catalonia and Galicia, would more or less be denied access to the Court of Justice by the centralist powers in Madrid. As a representative of Flanders, one of the historic regions that acquired quasi-autonomy without the use of force, I would like to ask you not to go down the route proposed by Mr Méndez de Vigo at all."@en1

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