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lpv:speaker	lp:Sylvie Goulard2
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lpv:translated text	"Madam President, my thanks to everyone for this debate, to the Commissioner and to the Minister, Mr Kármán. First of all, I wanted to say to the Minister that I think we have already proved that the Community method works well. As Diogo Feio just said, I think the text has actually been improved, and I think that when there is public debate we are doing our job and citizens can be informed about what is going on in Brussels, as they say. Why is it, therefore, that we are still talking about the reversed qualified majority? I want to make a simple point. In this Parliament, there are countries for example with a larger population, who have more Members. When it comes to the votes, each country has a vote that matches its size. However, what democracy has a system whereby when it comes to applying the rule, we treat the people covered by the rule differently? When it comes to putting into practice rules that we have agreed on together, we cannot start making exceptions. Citizens expect the law to be applied equally to everyone. At the European level also, all Member States, whether big or small, should be in the same boat. This is why we are fighting: it is not an ideological battle, it is a matter of the general interest. My second point is about symmetry, and I am addressing Mrs Ferreira in particular. This is an important issue: it is part of the agreement. We must be aware that it has been very expensive for some of us, and to ensure we see it through until the end, we need as wide a unity as possible in this Parliament on all the aspects of the deal. We need to be united. As the Commissioner said, I think there are no differences between us so great that we cannot overcome them. I am appealing for unity, therefore. We cannot ask for support and at the same time leave others in hardship. As for my last point, I wanted to thank Mr Kármán very specifically on the small point of ‘comply or explain’. I have asked you so many times during our discussions: what does that mean, ‘comply or explain’, and explain to whom? You have been a good lawyer; you have moved the Council along. They are ready to do it in public. They are planning ahead for economic dialogue. Thank you. Ask them to go a bit further still: this is all we ask. You have done so very successfully, so I am sure we will get there."@en1
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