Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-12-16-Speech-2-244"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2008-12-16"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Outcome of the European Council on 11-12 December 2008 - French Presidency’s term of office (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"mt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20081216.31.2-244"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-12-16-Speech-2-2452
lpv:speaker	lp:Simon Busuttil2
lpv:spokenAs	member; BUDG (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2004-08-31--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (including Libya) (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 member; PETI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of south-east Europe (2007-03-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; LIBE (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Partit Nazzjonalista (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"I would like to congratulate the French Presidency particularly for its achievement on the Lisbon Treaty. I refer here to the issue involving the number of Commissioners. I heartily welcome the decision whereby there will be one Commissioner from each Member State and that this will be included in the Treaty as a principle. Firstly, we would do well to recall that the reduction in Commissioners was already agreed upon in the year 2000 under the Treaty of Nice and was not something that was introduced for the first time under the Lisbon Treaty. Nevertheless, I believe that this is a significant agreement and that it should be welcomed because it is important that each country feels it is being represented in the Commission. Why? To begin with, it is linked to the trust that people should have in the Commission. Secondly, it reflects the contribution that each country, however small or large it might be, ought to make within the Commission. It is not because the Member of the Commission is representing the interest of his or her country but because the Member of the Commission must ensure that no country is marginalised. Finally, it is because the Commission’s efficiency depends not so much on the number of Commissioners but rather on its internal organisation. In my opinion the present Commission setup of 27 members has proved to be an effective organisational system. This is why I believe that every cloud has a silver lining. In a way, thanks to the Irish population, we now have an agreement on the principle of one Commissioner per Member State. I do hope that now the Irish population will also lend its support to this principle."@en1
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