Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-10-26-Speech-2-064"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-10-26"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Statement by Mr Barroso, President-elect of the Commission2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20041026.5.2-064"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-10-26-Speech-2-0652
lpv:speaker	lp:Pervenche Berès2
lpv:spokenAs	member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Parti socialiste (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 chair; ECON (2004-09-01--2007-01-14)3 member; Conference of Committee Chairs (2004-09-01--2007-01-15)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 substitute; AFCO (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, Mr President of the Commission, your Commission is of a liberal persuasion, and I deplore that. But leaving aside that political persuasion, you are committing an institutional error by ignoring the true nature of the European Union’s institutional triangle, just as your predecessors did. Mr Santer fell because this Parliament had been too complicit, too indulgent for too long with regard to its natural ally, the Commission. Your direct predecessor, Mr Romano Prodi, arrived terrorised by this Parliament and wanted to ignore it for more than a year, until the day when he found himself powerless in the face of the European Council and was obliged once again to rely on the true power of this European Parliament. Today, you want to set up a special dialogue with the Council, but the Council is not there to support you at a time when you are involved in this difficult dialogue with our institution. So you are saying to us: ‘it is too late to change Commissioners or remodel portfolios’. If, however, it is too late, then what real power does this European Parliament have? I hope we will demonstrate it tomorrow. Finally, you are making a fundamental mistake, because one of the essential powers of your Commission is the one it will exercise in the field of competition. From this point of view, your candidate is weak and will weaken your Commission’s power as a whole. An example of this is the idea that because a person has been a company director they will be a good Commissioner. Well, Mr President of the Commission, I can tell you that all our experience, at national level and at European level, suggests quite the opposite. The post of Commissioner is a political post for which we need people capable of carrying out their duties with complete independence and with an acute sense of the European dimension and interest, and not any individual interest."@en1
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