Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-06-12-Speech-3-330"
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"We regret the openly federalist tone of the report and, furthermore, the inconsistency that it stubbornly demonstrates by not adopting the creation of a new single constituency at European level. It makes no sense at all to try to take this opportunity, in a roundabout way, to attempt to introduce amendments to the system that has been defined and to its balance, in areas or aspects which should only be dealt with in a revision of the Treaties. Instead, we directly support the draft Council decision, which must, in its simplicity, confine itself to new practices which are consistent with the revisions of the Treaties that have taken place in the meantime and, furthermore, to other practical improvements arising from past experience. An example of the latter would be to broaden the time-frame in which the elections to the European Parliament can be fixed, which would allow some Member States to pencil them in for May. This would resolve, in particular, the chronic Portuguese problem resulting from the enormous inconvenience of these elections having to be scheduled for the June holidays, which, according to analysts, is a factor that increases abstention rates."@en1
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