Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-10-23-Speech-2-088"
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"Mr President, I, too, welcome this agreement, which, despite a few oddities like the extra seat for Italy, is a good package that deserves ratification and will make the European Union function better, while also improving its democratic accountability.
Let me dwell for my remaining minute on the second aspect. Mr Kirkhope asked just now whether we have answered the questions posed at Laeken about making the EU more democratically accountable and closer to its citizens. I would say that we have certainly moved in that direction. Let us remember one thing: once this Treaty comes into force, no European legislation can be adopted without, firstly, prior examination by every national parliament, secondly, the approval of the Council of Ministers composed of national ministers accountable to those very same national parliaments and, thirdly, approval by this European Parliament, with its Members directly chosen by citizens specifically to deal with European issues at European level.
That is a level of accountability that exists in no other international structure. Look at the World Trade Organisation. Look at the IMF. Look at the World Bank. Look at the OECD. You name it, nothing above the level of the nation state has that level of democratic accountability. Those who are really worried about democratic accountability in international structures should focus on those institutions and organisations. We should be proud of what we are achieving in our democratic European Union."@en1
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