Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-12-03-Speech-3-059"
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"Mr President, I really am very upset that in the Intergovernmental Conference, we have what I would regard as a lamentable failure of political leadership - a retreat into national chauvinism - at a time when we need a democratic, effective, power-sharing Europe. This is not what we are going to get out of the IGC if things continue as they are.
The Convention, of which I was a member, painstakingly constructed a blueprint for the kind of Europe I have just outlined. Neutralising that text in the areas of common foreign and security policy, defence cooperation and social policy, stripping out qualified majority voting in relation to these areas and, worst of all, stripping this Parliament of its budgetary prerogatives, is a recipe for defeat. It is a recipe for defeat for the outcome of the IGC, but it is also a recipe for the defeat of Europe. Such a defeat would be a victory for the eurosceptics. It would be a victory for the lamentable fearmongering that we constantly hear in this House from Mr Bonde, with his simplistic, opportunistic clichés.
I would appeal to the IGC to listen to this Parliament, to the Convention and the 200 parliamentarians - from all sides of the political spectrum, both in government and in opposition right across Europe
who produced the Convention document.
Finally, President Prodi, I ask you to read today's
which carries an interview with you on the occasion of your visit to Ireland yesterday. The headline reads: ' "States that reject the Treaty may have to leave the EU" says Prodi'. That is an appalling message to give to the people of Ireland, who had to vote twice on the Nice Treaty. It is disrespectful of the rights of the citizens of Europe and for the dignity of the people of Europe. If it is not accurately reported, then you should immediately correct it. If it is accurately reported then you must make it clear that it is your personal view and not the view of the Commission.
In Ireland, such statements quite simply polarise the debate about whether we defend the nation or build Europe. So you must correct this if it is an incorrect reflection of your views in that interview."@en1
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