Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-01-18-Speech-2-071-000"

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dcterms:Date	"2011-01-18"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Review of the Belgian Presidency of the Council (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20110118.6.2-071-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2011-01-18-Speech-2-072-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Jean-Luc Dehaene2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2009-09-16--2014-05-15)3 member; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (2009-09-16--2014-05-15)3 vice-chair; BUDG (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; Special committee on the policy challenges and budgetary resources for a sustainable European Union after 2013 (2010-06-17--2011-06-30)3 member; EPP (2009-07-14--2014-05-15)3 substitute; AFCO (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 unknown; Christen-Democratisch & Vlaams (2009-07-14--2014-05-15)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the Belgian Presidency has rightly received praise from all quarters. You and your colleagues, Mr Prime Minister, can lay claim to a remarkable series of achievements. Rather than commenting on the specific achievements, I would particularly emphasise the gold standard that you have set for the Presidency. After all, the Belgian Presidency of the Council was the first to have held office entirely within the new institutional framework of the Treaty of Lisbon. That in itself was a challenge. The Treaty has radically changed the institutional framework, as I have already stated in my report on the previous term. Thus, the European Council and the Council have now clearly become two separate institutions, each with its own Presidency. One other thing which is new is that the Treaty uses exactly the same wording to describe the mandate of the Council as it does to describe that of Parliament. One cannot shake off the impression that some members of the Council have had some difficulty in adapting to the new relationship between Parliament and the Council. That was obvious during the budget debate. However, this cannot be said of the Belgian Presidency. In consultation with the Commission and Parliament, it has mainly invested its efforts in the realisation of the European Legislative Agenda. European priorities were always paramount in this. That also partly explains the success of the Belgian Presidency. In the past, presidencies have too often tried to assert their national priorities over European agencies. This is not the case here and, therefore, Europe has made real progress during this Presidency. The difficult budget debate during the Belgian Presidency also set the course for one of the most difficult challenges facing the Union in years to come, namely, the establishment of the new financial framework. Belgium received a pledge from the previous presidencies that Parliament would be involved in the debate on this multiannual financial framework. For its part, the Commission undertook to formulate, in the framework of its proposal for the multiannual plan, proposals for the Union’s own resources, and it is essential that that is done. Parliament will therefore ensure that both the Commission and any forthcoming Presidencies adhere to these commitments."@en1
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