Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-11-17-Speech-3-229"
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"President Barroso, you have come back here to the European Parliament with a new approach and that is good. I think and hope that you have substantially understood that the future of European democracy does not rest exclusively on two legs, the Council and the Commission, but that there is a third entity that counts and wants to count. That third entity is the European Parliament.
I take note of the effort that you have made in this direction: whether it is in recognising, I hope definitively, the role of Parliament, or in modifying the composition of the team that will accompany you in the coming years. However, certain problems remain unresolved, and they cannot be underestimated. I shall stress two of them: the first concerns the guidelines for social policy that – to say nothing else – are well short of Europe’s needs for jobs, welfare and rights in the perspective of Lisbon. The second problem is the presence in your team of Mrs Kroes. I have the impression that this Commissioner will soon find herself in a mass of problems. Her conflict of interest is now seen by all and with her confirmation, President Barroso, you are undermining yourself and your actions.
Although I appreciate some of your changes, these problems will not allow me to express my confidence in your Commission. In any case, you have my best wishes in your work above all for the good of Europe."@en1
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