Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-09-24-Speech-3-151"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-09-24"^^xsd:date2
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dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030924.2.3-151"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-09-24-Speech-3-1522
lpv:speaker	lp:Arvidsson, Cederschiöld, Grönfeldt Bergman, Stenmarck and Wachtmeister (PPE-DE )2
lpv:translated text	"We have chosen to abstain from voting in the final vote on the aforementioned report. We are seeking a lively dialogue and see no intrinsic value in the Intergovernmental Conference’s being concluded during the autumn. Our position relates to the report and not to the outcome of the Convention in its entirety. Certain parts of the report depart from the outcome of the Convention. We support the work on designing a Constitution for Europe. We have supported the Convention method which, in a unique way, has changed the method of drafting the EU’s treaties. We are in favour of a consolidated Treaty with a clearer distribution of competences. It is good that decision-making is being improved and simplified and that people are being given greater opportunities to demand accountability. We support the Convention’s compromise despite the fact that, on a number of points, it departs from our own positions. The EU must be limited and effective. A Constitution should clearly mark the boundary between the public and the private, as well as the EU’s decision-making competence in relation to the Member States. It is the Member States that own the Treaty. It is therefore obvious that Treaty changes must be approved unanimously and ratified by national parliaments. That also means that we are doubtful about Article I-24.4 of the draft Constitution. Like the Swedish Parliament, the Moderate Party opposes a permanent Presidency of the Council. Nor can we support a development towards parliamentarianism at EU level. We maintain that the EU should not be given any decision-making competence for social policy and taxes."@en1

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