Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-09-24-Speech-3-071"
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"The European Parliament joins with Mr Valéry Giscard d'Estaing in hoping that the forthcoming IGC accepts the Convention’s draft more or less in its present form. Parliament would hope that all the possible proposals would have been debated openly and that its conclusions would reflect the political will of the citizens.
There is considerable doubt surrounding all this, however. As I stated in the minority opinion attached to the Gil–Robles–Tsatsos report, the Convention was in fact nothing more than a think-tank set up by the Council. It was not representative and it did not have a democratic decision-making mandate. In addition, it exceeded its terms of reference, insofar as it was never asked to draw up a draft Constitution. This has now been universally recognised.
Accordingly, the wish expressed by most governments to have what they describe as a genuine IGC, is therefore fully justified. They are calling for an IGC where meaningful discussion takes place, and where the original mandate is addressed. This concerned how to overcome the democratic deficit. The supranational proposals of the Convention would simply increase it still further. The way to overcome this deficit is rather to ensure European integration is better anchored on national democracies.
National governments are the genuine representatives of their people. This therefore is the task they should set themselves at the IGC."@en1
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