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"en.20041118.7.4-075"2
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I have abstained in the vote on the Barroso Commission because, while I broadly support President-designate Barroso, I have a fundamental problem with his Commission as a whole.
I recognise that Mr Barroso comes from the centre right and that he is an Atlanticist. I also recognise that his Commission, on balance, has a significant centre-right orientation. I regard this as positive, and I am therefore minded to be supportive.
However, the Barroso Commission supports ratification of the EU Constitution, and my party, the British Conservatives, oppose ratification and believe that the Constitution is inimical to the interests of the British people.
Worse still, a majority of Commissioners-designate have indicated in their hearings that they fully intend to implement aspects of the Constitution falling within their respective portfolio areas, in advance of ratification. I believe that this is quite unacceptable and an affront to democracy.
Given these conflicting aspects of the Barroso Commission, I have reluctantly decided that I have no alternative but to abstain."@en1
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"Helmer (PPE-DE ),"1
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