Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-12-05-Speech-4-043"
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"President of the Commission, thank you for your contribution to the work of the Convention. We are also looking forward to the end of this never-ending task because I believe that, with everyone adopting a position, with everyone drafting their own Constitution, it is fortunate that some members of the Commission are concerning themselves with this common task and are making their contribution.
Thank you too for your proposals regarding the appointment of your successors and of the Commission’s three-stage appointment procedure. We feel it is worthwhile and relevant.
I have a question to ask, however. I understand that you are in a negotiating position, but it seems to me that, when we speak of preserving the Community method, and this is obviously what the Commission desires, this method is based on the role of the three points of a triangle, with a necessary balance. From that point of view, I must admit that your proposal to satisfy the desire of the Heads of State and Government and their ministers to strengthen and go beyond the rotating Council presidency will be badly handled and will be viewed as a weak point of your contribution. Consequently, the positions that you adopt regarding the Secretary of the Union will be regarded enthusiastically and be reproduced in other sectors. From this point of view, the idea that the Secretary of the Union would not chair the Council responsible for these issues seems to me to be a weak point. You say that the president of the Council could not seek compromise at the same time as making proposals. We all know many assemblies where these two roles are carried out by the same person. I therefore believe that this is a point that we should examine in greater depth and I think that, in the area of external representation of the euro zone, these proposals could be reproduced.
Mr President, I thank you for calling our fellow Members to order. What you need is a loud speaker so as to be able to broadcast this message to those outside the Chamber, as it is those who are coming back in who are disturbing our work."@en1
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