Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-04-09-Speech-3-059"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-04-09"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Enlargement2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030409.3.3-059"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-04-09-Speech-3-0602
lpv:speaker	lp:Terence Wynn2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I should like to say first of all that I support the enlargement process, and I want to see the applicant countries as part of the EU; however, what I am about to say may seem to contradict that. The Commission proposal for the Enlargement Treaty was changed by the Council with the addition of Annex XV. This, as primary law within the Treaty, is a direct attack on Parliament's rights. For the past few weeks, I, as chairman of the Committee on Budgets, have led the trialogue delegation seeking to alleviate the damage caused by Annex XV. We have come to a conclusion which I consider to be a second-best solution. The draft declaration agreed by Parliament and the Council includes, in its Paragraph 1, a means of derogating from the Treaty, which I hope will safeguard Parliament's rights. The simple answer would have been to withdraw Annex XV, but that has not been done, and as long as it remains, then I personally have a real problem with this. It is bad enough to see the Council trying to take unilateral action on an adjustment of the financial perspective from 2004 to 2006, but to see the inclusion of a guaranteed ceiling on agricultural expenditure up to the year 2013 is totally unacceptable. I consider the Chirac/Schroeder deal on this to be a shabby affair, a clandestine deal in this age of transparency. That the other Member States agreed to this in Copenhagen was hard to believe, but for this now to be endorsed in the Treaty is just a step too far. I cannot therefore vote for enlargement because to do so is to accept Annex XV within the Treaty and that is impossible for me. I will therefore abstain, with a very heavy heart, on all the final votes."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Labour Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; CONT (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 chair; BUDG (2002-01-21--2004-07-19)3 member; Conference of Committee Chairs (2002-01-21--2004-07-19)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Wynn (PSE )."1

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