Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-06-07-Speech-4-040"
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"Mr President, Mr President-in-Office of the Council, what, in the case of the Summit, would be counted as a success for it, and what as failure? Yesterday, in Brussels, I heard a high-ranking politician say that even a mini-Treaty would be a maxi-success, yet that, of course, is what it cannot be. You are familiar with Parliament’s position, with our unwillingness to accept any reductions in citizens’ rights, in effectiveness, in transparency or in democracy and we do not see why we should accept anything less, for we know from Eurobarometer that the citizens of all 27 Member States want more Europe rather than less.
We were very encouraged to hear you say that there was agreement on the essentials. I believe that the Treaty has to become a ‘Treaty plus’. A certain amount has been added to it since 2004, such as, for example, the debate on protection against climate change, and it would be very fine if the protocol that Commissioner Wallström proposed back in the days of Nice, or some similar wording, were now to be incorporated into this Treaty. I also take the view that the public need a declaration on the social nature of Europe. There are great misunderstandings around about the Treaty, as if it were some neo-liberal con-trick; it could have a declaration added to it explaining its benefits and advantages both for the citizen and for Europe.
The institutional balance must be maintained. I ask you to take care to attach the same value to the national parliaments while not allowing the Community method to be demolished. The yellow card cannot be turned into a red one; to do so would wreck the Community method and give this House a far less significant role. Moreover, whilst capacity is not dependent on symbols, no convention would ever have had the idea of doing away with them. Even while talking about giving Europe a soul, we are taking away the few visible signs of identification with it, and that is why I believe we have to take up the cudgels for them too. After all, a minority must not be allowed to dictate what the majority may want. I appeal to the German Presidency of the Council to stand firm, for we are behind you and many Member States are alongside you."@en1
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