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During yesterday’s debate here in Parliament, I pointed out that the participation of the regions in the European decision-making process advocated by the Napolitano report would open a Pandora’s box, which would then release all kinds of surprises. We were given a foretaste of these at the meeting of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs, which voted, probably swept along by its own momentum, for strange provisions, such as the right of regional and local authorities to adapt European legislation according to local needs.
Naturally, the committee members who voted for these provisions were then disowned by their groups, and Parliament has just made corrections in plenary. It has only, however, ironed out the most obvious problems. The rest, which bypasses the Member States more insidiously, has been retained. These mistakes have simply brought to light the direction this report would take if it were implemented.
Furthermore, Parliament voted for an amendment which revealed that the Union would henceforth be based on the legitimacy, not of the ‘peoples’ (each taken as a whole), but of the ‘citizens’ (taken individually). This kind of development would change the nature of the Union and make it more similar to a Nation-State.
We have therefore voted against this report."@en1
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