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dcterms:Date	"2000-03-14"^^xsd:date2
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dcterms:Language	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000314.3.2-034"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-03-14-Speech-2-0352
lpv:speaker	lp:Ana Palacio Vallelersundi2
lpv:spokenAs	chair; Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 president; Conference of Committee Chairs (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (1999-10-12--2002-03-07)3 unknown; Partido Popular (1999-07-20--2002-07-09)3 substitute; PETI (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the President of the Commission will not be surprised if I speak to him about the internal market. So as not to repeat what has already been said, in particular what has been said by Mr Fiori, who I agree with, I will refer to another central point of the debate, i.e. the reform of the Commission. What has the reform of the Commission to do with the internal market? The answer is a lot. Mr President of the Commission, on reading your White Paper on the reform of the Commission, it is clearly apparent that the guiding principle, the philosophy behind this reform, is something very vague which we cannot accept in this Parliament. This guiding principle is mainly the protection of the Community’s financial interests. That is clearly of concern to all of us, but it is only a starting point. From there on, the Commission must begin to work, and must fulfil its obligations in accordance with the Treaty. Allow me to give you an example, since the speaking time allotted to me does not give me much opportunity to expand on this idea. Let us consider the intended reform of the infringement procedure. What is the intention there? It is simply to administrate the existing resources on each level, instead of hearing this Parliament’s demand that we should create a genuine administrative procedural law for ensuring legal certainty, which is necessary from the point of view of the European citizen, that is to say, from the point of view of the people who may have recourse to this infringement procedure. It is simply said that this administrative procedural law will not be created, but rather demands will be selected. How can this be? How can these things be selected in a purely arbitrary way. From the point of view of this Parliament, this type of arrangement cannot be allowed. We understand that the Commission has to be reformed. We agree with the objectives of this reform. However, it should not lead to the abandonment of the great momentum of European construction, for the sake of protecting the Community’s financial interests, however important we may all agree that that is. The Treaty obliges the Commission, primarily, to provide that momentum."@en1

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