Prodi Speech on European Governance
02 October 2001
-Prodi calls for a structural change and opens the way for an inter-institutional dialogue on how all the Institutions the institutions can improve their consultation. The Parliament, the Council and the Commission should all take a step backwards and start concentrating once again on their institutional tasks.
The main proposals are:
The Commission should table fewer proposals and target them better, concentrating on its executive function.
The Council should play its legislative role and not turn itself into an executive.
The Parliament has major political responsibilities for monitoring the way policies are implemented, and for the Community budget.
There should be a review of the relationship with civil society and guidelines should be built up to make the decision process transparent and more structured.
Speech
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