[Fwd: National parliaments must play a greater role in European politics; COSAC meeting in Copenhagen on 17-18 October 2002]

[Erik Josefsson <sslug@sslug>]

Hej.

Hvordan er Claus Larsen-Jensen? Måske er det en hint til Arend.

//Erik

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Subject: National parliaments must play a greater role in European 
politics;  COSAC meeting in Copenhagen on 17-18 October 2002
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 16:56:51 +0200
From: Arend Lammertink alam<AT>home.nl

I found an interesting article in relation to the protocol on the role
of national parliaments:

http://www.europa-web.de/europa/03euinf/10counc/cosacnat.htm :

"Democracy in the EU should be strengthened, believes Mr Claus
Larsen-Jensen, Chairman of the Folketing's (Danish Parliament) European
Affairs Committee and Chairman of COSAC - an assembly of the national
parliaments of the EU Member States - during the Danish EU Presidency.
He has, therefore, presented a number of proposals designed to reform
COSAC and its role in European politics. Representatives of the European
Affairs Committees in the national parliaments of the Member States will
meet with their colleagues from the candidate countries and with
representatives of the European Parliament on 17-18 October 2002 at
Christiansborg.

Mr Larsen-Jensen identifies three main areas where efforts must be made
to increase democracy in the EU:

1) National parliaments and the European Parliament are to intensify
their co-operation
2) National parliaments are to exert a greater influence on the European
policy of their governments,
3) The citizens are to be incorporated in European politics together
with national parliaments."


This could be used to write a letter to the COSAC committee, pointing
them to the protocol and the Council's procedures (i.e. the
change-the-vote howto).

Maybe someone has time to write a draft?

-- Arend --
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