Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-01-26-Speech-3-035"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-01-26"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Strategic guidelines/Legislative and work programme for 20052
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050126.6.3-035"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-01-26-Speech-3-0362
lpv:speaker	lp:Johannes Blokland2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; TRAN (2004-09-15--2007-01-14)3,3 member; LIBE (2004-09-14--2007-01-14)3,3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (2004-11-18--2006-12-12)3,3 vice-chair; ENVI (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3,3 treasurer; IND/DEM (2004-07-26--2007-02-12)3,3 member; Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3,3 member; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3,3 unknown; ChristenUnie - Staatkundig Gereformeerde Parti (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, this afternoon, Parliament will be discussing the Commission’s plans for 2005, and so I should first of all like to consider the relationship between the Commission and Parliament. Mr Barroso’s yielding to pressure from Parliament in the autumn of 2004 evoked the image of a powerful Parliament against a powerless Commission. I should like to ask Mr Barroso whether that is an image with which he can identify. In 2005, the Commission is facing the thankless task of keeping the referenda on the Constitution on the right track, but it has only itself to blame for having got itself into this predicament. Although the Commission is always claiming that ratification is, above all, a task for the nation state, and rightly so, this clear line has, unfortunately, been abandoned. By launching an active campaign and releasing funds, the Commission has lost its neutral stance. The public’s own tax money is now being used to fund the imposition on it of a constitution for which it never asked in the first place. The European Constitution campaign is meant to bring the citizen closer to Europe, but, if we jump the gun, it remains to be seen whether the public will feel they are being taken seriously. For example, a great deal of work is already being done behind the scenes with regard to the form the European external service should take. National parliaments and citizens, however, have not been consulted, precisely at a time when Commissioner Wallström indicated that Europe should start listening to its citizens now instead of pursuing a policy of ."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"faits accomplis"1

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