Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-07-02-Speech-3-044"

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dcterms:Date	"2003-07-02"^^xsd:date2
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dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030702.1.3-044"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-07-02-Speech-3-0452
lpv:speaker	lp:Proinsias De Rossa2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President-in-Office, I, like everybody else in this House, would like to wish the Italian Presidency success over the next six months. There is important work to be done and I am hopeful that, despite the concerns that many of us have with regard to your exercise of power in Italy, the European agenda will be advanced. The judgment that this House will make in relation to your work as President-in-Office will be based on how well you advance the European agenda. Other matters will be dealt with in the fullness of time by the Italian electorate and presumably also the Italian courts. However, in terms of what we must do now, the most important issue that you must address is the Intergovernmental Conference. It is essential that the Intergovernmental Conference is not allowed to withdraw into the shadows. The Convention on the Future of Europe has met in public, has debated in public, all the issues have been thrashed out in public. Unelected diplomats should not be allowed to withdraw behind closed doors to dismantle the good work of the Convention. It is therefore an extremely important responsibility of your presidency to ensure that the documentation of the Intergovernmental Conference is made available in public, as well as all responses to that documentation. It is not enough simply to have occasional, carefully-edited reports presented to this House every now and then over the next six months. We need to know exactly what is going on. The public needs to know, the national parliaments need to know and the European Parliament needs to know the debate that is going on in the Intergovernmental Conference. We cannot ensure the support of the electorate of Europe for the outcome of the Intergovernmental Conference unless people are fully engaged in the debate that takes place there."@en1
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lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"De Rossa (PSE )."1

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