Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-09-24-Speech-3-062"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-09-24"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:European Constitution and IGC2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030924.1.3-062"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-09-24-Speech-3-0632
lpv:speaker	lp:Jacques F. Poos2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Parti ouvrier socialiste luxembourgeois (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Quaestors (2002-01-16--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 quaestor; Parliament's Bureau (2002-01-16--2004-07-19)3 quaestor; European Parliament (2002-01-16--2004-07-19)3 member_of_the_bureau; PES (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; AFCO (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I would like to join with previous speakers in congratulating the two co-rapporteurs on their excellent summary. I acknowledge that the method has proved successful and that real progress has been achieved in comparison to the current treaty. Nevertheless, I would like to examine critically the three innate deficiencies of the draft Constitution identified in the Gil-Robles and Tsatsos report as requiring closer scrutiny. The election of a President by his or her peers on the European Council marks an unexpected strengthening of the intergovernmental structure. The latter should actually be weakening as Europe moves forward. This sort of monarch-president, accountable to nobody, could considerably weaken the Commission and call into question the responsibilities of each institution. The Commission has appreciated the danger. In its communication, it lashes out with a damning statement: ‘Someone who is not accountable for his/her action to any parliamentary assembly cannot exert influence over the of the Council, which is supposed to be transparent and democratic’. Mr Barnier, it is for you to act now. The second innate deficiency, highlighted by many, concerns the future Commission. It seems that no longer would all Commissioners enjoy the same status. It would be a complicated, confused system, and impossible to operate. It would undermine the collegiate system within the Commission. The third obvious deficiency is the failure of the Convention on the reform of the CFSP. On this matter, the conventioneers have patently failed to meet the expectations of the citizens. No doubt the conventioneers were under extreme pressure from those Member States wishing to deny Europe the right to follow an independent foreign policy. The totally unsatisfactory remains. It is to be hoped that the IGC will dare to correct this obvious flaw in the new constitutional edifice. At the very least, it will be necessary to facilitate strengthened cooperation between those Member States who do not believe the United States of America is their overlord, with control over their bodies and souls. The lesson of Iraq must be learnt."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"modus operandi"1 "status quo"1

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