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dcterms:Date	"2006-04-04"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Monitoring the application of Community law (2003-2004) - Better lawmaking 2004: application of the principle of subsidiarity - The implementation consequences and impact of the internal market legislation in force - Strategy for the simplification of the regulatory environment (debate)2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20060404.22.2-213"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-04-04-Speech-2-2142
lpv:speaker	lp:Brian Crowley2
lpv:spoken text	". Madam President, I should like to thank the President of the Commission and the President-in-Office of the Council, as well as our rapporteurs, for the mood they have set with regard to this debate today. Obviously there are problems within our lawmaking process; there are difficulties which we can all recognise and see in our everyday working lives. One of the things that is most clearly and importantly needed is the codification and simplification of the existing body of law – the not only to ensure that businesses can operate more freely or properly across the internal market, but also to guarantee that individuals recognise where their rights are protected; that there are clear and defined rules to ensure that big business cannot overrun the rights of workers; that consumers cannot be trodden under foot because of decisions taken by financial institutions or whatever else. That is why for many years we in Parliament have been attempting to put in place this idea of impact assessment with regard to all legislation, to test it before it becomes law, to see its necessity and to understand fully what its impact will be when it is eventually transposed into law. However, when you look at the whole question of lawmaking, the biggest difficulties and the biggest culprits are found at Member State level in transposition of agreed European law. This is where governments have already been represented at the decision-making process, where Parliament and the Commission have been involved, but when it comes to transposition there is a difficulty because of a local domestic political dispute or because of a fear of a backlash in that political area. I think it would be wrong for the Commission to portray itself purely in the guise of the terrible enforcer against the Member States, because sometimes there are mistakes and errors within the legislation which must be corrected, and flexibility is required to achieve this. My last point is that, in setting up any working groups or expert groups concerning better lawmaking, it is essential to get the practitioners of politics involved – not just technocrats or parliamentary draftsmen, but politicians themselves who can understand how this must be sold to the public and enforced at a local level."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; Conference of Presidents (2004-07-20--2006-12-12)3 unknown; Fianna Fáil Party (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (including Libya) (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the United States (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 co-chair; UEN (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; JURI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; AFCO (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; PECH (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Brian Crowley,"1 "acquis communautaire"1 "on behalf of the UEN Group"1

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