Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-06-20-Speech-2-042"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-06-20"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:European Council report and Commission statement: European Council meeting (Brussels, 15-16 June 2006) – Statement by the Presidency-in-Office of the Council: Work of the Austrian Presidency2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060620.6.2-042"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-06-20-Speech-2-0432
lpv:speaker	lp:Marianne Thyssen2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Christen-Democratisch & Vlaams - Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; IMCO (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 vice-chair; EPP-ED (2004-11-14--2007-02-14)3 substitute; INTA (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Mr President-in-Office of the Council, Mr President of the Commission, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, a presidency need not be spectacular in order to be successful. Austria has proven that plenty of foresight, realism, consultation and commitment are evidently all that is needed in order to be successful on many fronts, and that deserves credit. An agreement has been reached on the financial perspectives. Being disappointed with the level of the budgets, but happy with the quality of the outcome of the negotiations, we were able to vote in favour of the Interinstitutional Agreement. Mr Schüssel, you dedicated much of your time to completing the internal market, particularly with the Services Directive. In that respect, your ministers have inspired us to take the bull by the horns. We can now look forward to an even-handed Services Directive, which is what we all set out to achieve. In addition, an agreement has been reached on comitology, and, in our group at any rate, it has not had a bad reception; another thing that is important to mention is the fact that, under your aegis, the Council has managed to keep the constitution alive; if we have any kind of constitutional treaty by the time of the elections in 2009, then some of the credit for that should certainly go to you. I have one question in respect of the summit conclusions. Whilst the issue of absorption capacity may be mentioned in the chapter on enlargement, it is not really flagged as a condition for future enlargements. Could you say more about this, or is there as yet no position and are we to wait for the Commission’s document? Finally, I should like to congratulate you on the decision in favour of transparency in the Council’s decision-making. Hours of on-going uncertainty about the Belgian Government's voting behaviour when determining the common position on the Services Directive perfectly demonstrates the need for this. We support this wholeheartedly. Thank you, Mr President-in-Office; it was a real joy for this House to be working with the whole of your team."@en1

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