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"Madam President, the words of this resolution might easily have been written with the upcoming UK referendum on Brexit in mind. With the development of the competences of the European Union, citizens are increasingly confronted with the Union’s institutions, bodies, offices and agencies without always having their procedural rights adequately protected. There you have the heart of the matter. The EU has become a bureaucratic monster that pervades all areas of life in the Member States, so wide are its competences and so untrammelled its powers.
The vast majority of UK citizens have absolutely nothing to do with the EU, yet their lives are routinely interfered with by the activities of the EU. When we think of EU administration, the words ‘open’, ‘efficient’ and ‘independent’ certainly never cross our minds. As for the proposed regulation contemplated by the resolution, it is surely a joke. What rational, efficient civil service needs a regulation to tell it how to administer? It is a document written for the Kingdom of Ruritania or some foundling post-colonial state. The British electorate will be underwhelmed by the promises and stated objectives of this regulation. Instead, our voters will think that this is a document, a parody, worthy of the famous television comedy, ‘Yes Minister’.
The EU has a well—merited reputation for having a deeply entrenched and ingrained habit of opaque, inefficient and less than independent administration. It will take more than a tick-box regulation to change that habit. Old dogs don’t learn new tricks."@en1
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