Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-06-04-Speech-3-297"
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"Madam President, the specific fundamental assumption of the oral question tabled by Mr Rocard is whether the open method of coordination should be applied to all fields of activity covered by the Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport and not only to those fields that are directly linked to the Lisbon strategy, that is, education and lifelong learning.
In fact, the reason for deciding on these areas is absolutely identical to that which applies to the two that I have just mentioned. This was also covered by the willingness expressed by the Lisbon Council to extend open coordination to other areas. Since this is the case, it would be desirable also to apply the policy of open coordination, to which the European Parliament is fully committed, to the areas of culture, youth, the media and sport. There are
practices that, incidentally, could legitimise this course of action.
This is the only way in which Parliament will be able to deliver an opinion, on a solid basis and on time, thereby usefully contributing to finding better solutions, with greater democratic legitimacy, before the Council considers any relevant initiative, to ensure that national and regional policies can also implement European policy guidelines. Nor can we understand how Parliament can merely be a passive spectator in this and in other matters. If this procedure has already proved to be relevant and necessary in a Union of 15 Member States, it will be all the more relevant and necessary in a Union of 25. European policies that create European added value must also be discussed by the direct representatives of the European peoples.
We therefore need an interinstitutional agreement that provides for Parliamentary intervention in order to ensure that not only rules but also policies are established coherently, based on objectives and having indicators, entailing access to documentation and participation in steering meetings and in meetings for studying the progress made, providing information on the reports and best practices, in a process that develops the open method of coordination as the Community method.
Parliament should, therefore, be able to act in a timely and relevant manner before the Council takes its decisions. The Commission should formulate proposals to ensure that Parliament is fully involved in the method adopted in Lisbon. It is in this context that the oral question tabled by Mr Rocard, Chairman of the Committee on Culture, becomes most relevant."@en1
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