Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-01-11-Speech-2-061"
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"Mr President, today, the European Parliament is debating a treaty that is, as regards its nature and content, a constitution, or at least that is what the rapporteurs tell us we are doing. In the report, they take as their starting point the apparent opposition between the Council and Member States on the one hand and Parliament and the citizens on the other. In doing so, they overlook the fact that the European institutions owe their existence to the voluntary transfer of powers by the Member States. Moreover, citizens continue to identify primarily with their own state. A European identity that has been imposed from above, with its own symbolism, will not change this in any way. The treaty endows the European Union with the characteristics of a state. One unfortunate illustration of this is the Foreign Affairs Minister, a joint figurehead who has to cover up the lack of joint policy, and it is equally unfortunate that this person himself becomes an institution. The rapporteurs have to recognise that the dual responsibility on the part of the Council and Commission creates confusion and sows the seeds of potential conflicts of loyalty. I cannot describe this treaty as anything other than an impetuous leap in the dark."@en1
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