Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-11-17-Speech-3-219"
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"Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Mr Barroso, firstly, congratulations. In the last week of October, there were people who did not understand – and indeed criticised – your decision to postpone the vote on the Commission. You deserve congratulations because you were right and because everyone now acknowledges that you were right.
The European ideal and the Community process require an effective relationship between its Commission and Parliament. You rightly referred to this as positive complicity. It is in our common interest and we must build this to last permanently. You have made your intentions clear in recent weeks, so it is now up to us to make our intentions clear by voting resoundingly in favour of the Commission of which you are President.
Accordingly, we need a strong Commission that shows authority and legitimacy. The challenges ahead of us make this a necessity. We are looking to you and to your Commission to defend the Community spirit. We are looking to you to strengthen economic and social cohesion. There will be no common project if there is an increase in inequality and imbalance. We are looking to you to ensure that adequate funding is available. It does not make sense to ask the Commission for more responsibilities and activities without granting the necessary funding. We are looking to you to promote cultural and linguistic diversity. The European Project will be enhanced if we can promote the cultural identity of each of its communities and if each citizen can receive information and interact with the European institutions in their own language. We are looking to you for fresh impetus in bringing Europe closer to its citizens and in putting an end to the shortfall of information and of participation in the European democratic process.
Mr Barroso, I speak here not merely as a member of the same party, but, more importantly, as a Portuguese and a European and it is as a Portuguese and a committed and faithful European that I wish you and your Commission every success. Good luck in your new job."@en1
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