Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-10-12-Speech-3-291-000"

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dcterms:Date	"2011-10-12"^^xsd:date2
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dcterms:Language	"de"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20111012.21.3-291-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2011-10-12-Speech-3-292-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Silvana Koch-mehrin2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the EU-Croatia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2009-09-16--2013-06-30)3 member; ALDE (2011-06-01--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Freie Demokratische Partei (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; PETI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; INTA (2011-08-31--2012-01-18)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, this is certainly an important subject; we are all aware of that. Before the Treaty of Lisbon came into force, the national parliaments were constantly complaining that 80% of the laws they passed were actually decided by Europe; that they were simply rubber-stamping it as a kind of agent of the EU. The Treaty of Lisbon has changed that. The national parliaments play a leading role and can exert an influence. The Treaty of Lisbon has made the EU more democratic because it has given greater power to the representatives of the people. This applies to the European Parliament just as much as to the national parliaments. The national parliaments then continued to complain nonetheless; this time, about the increased workload, the mountains of documents constantly landing on their desks with just a few weeks for them to respond. The important thing, however, is that the representatives of the people in Europe’s capitals now have a means of exerting influence over the European Union’s initiatives – and I get the impression that the national parliaments are increasingly realising this and making use of it. Almost two years have now passed since the Treaty of Lisbon entered into force on 1 December 2009, when these procedures also took effect. I and a few of my fellow Members therefore felt that the time was right to ask how the Commission sees the situation now. Is it satisfied with the quality of the response from the national parliaments? How does the Commission deal with this? Does it have sufficient resources – including human resources – to deal with it? Moreover, in some Member States, the regions are important, such as the in the case of Germany. How is input from this political level dealt with? Does it have sufficient resonance? Is there also adequate cooperation with the Committee of the Regions? These are the questions put jointly by Andrew Duff, Alexandra Thein, Michael Theurer and myself. I look forward to hearing your answer."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Bundesländer"1
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