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 SUBJ SUBJ:    GIL ROBLES EXPLAINS EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT'S DEMAND FOR POWER
 SOUR SOURCE: MADRID ABC IN SPANISH 18 MAY 95 P 42
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 //(INTERVIEW WITH EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT DEPUTY SPEAKER JOSE MARIA
 GIL ROBLES BY "F.A." IN STRASBOURG; DATE NOT GIVEN:   "GIL ROBLES:
 ONLY EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT CAN MAKE UP DEMOCRATIC DEFICIT"))
 ((FBIS TRANSLATED TEXT))   STRASBOURG -- EUROPEAN PEOPLE'S PARTY
 DEPUTY JOSE MARIA GIL ROBLES IS ONE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT'S
 MOST AUTHORITATIVE VOICES FOR MANY REASONS:  HIS PROVEN COMPETENCE
 IN EUROPEAN MATTERS, HIS STATUS AS DEPUTY SPEAKER..., AND THE
 CONVICTION THAT HE WILL HEAD THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT FROM 1997,  IN
 THE FINAL STAGE OF THE DECISIVE INTERGOVERNMENTAL CONFERENCE.
 (("F.A."))   WHY IS THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT DEMANDING MORE POWERS?
 ((GIL ROBLES))   BECAUSE THE DEMOCRATIC DEFICIT MUST BE MADE UP,
 AND ONLY A PARLIAMENT CAN DO SO.  THE WISHES OF THE MAJORITY OF THE
 UNION'S CITIZENS CANNOT BE ADEQUATELY REPRESENTED IN THE COUNCIL OF
 MINISTERS, WHERE THE SMALLER STATES HAVE GREATER INFLUENCE.
 (("F.A."))   HOW DO YOU ANSWER THOSE WHO REFER TO THE ABSENTEEISM
 AND THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT MEMBERS' EXCESSIVE SALARIES?
 ((GIL ROBLES))  THAT CLICHE IS INCORRECT.  I BELIEVE THAT THERE
 IS LESS ABSENTEEISM IN THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT THAN IN THE NATIONAL
 PARLIAMENTS.       MOREOVER, IT HAS USED ITS POWERS - EXCEPT IN THE CASE
 OF THE OMBUDSMAN -- VERY RESPONSIBLY.   WHERE THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
 IS MOST DEMAGOGIC IS WHERE IT HAS NO POWERS.    THERE ARE CASES SUCH
 AS THE RESOLUTIONS IN FAVOR OF THE MARRIAGE OF HOMOSEXUALS OR ON
 `UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS WHICH ARE AN OUTLET.FOR THE SMALL GROUPS
 AND WHERE THE LARGE GROUPS RELAX THEIR DISCIPLINE BECAUSE THEY HAVE
 NO ILL EFFECTS.
 (("F.A."))   IF IT IS A MATTER OF FACILITATING THE DECISIONMAKING
 PROCESS,  WHY MAKE IT MORE COMPLICATED BY SEEKING GREATER POWERS?
 ((GIL ROBLES))  HITHERTO, IT IS IN THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS THAT
 BILLS HAVE BEEN BLOCKED.  HOWEVER, IN THE PARLIAMENT, THE PROCEDURES
 ARE VERY REGULATED, AND DEADLINES ARE MET.
 (("F.A."))   THE GOVERNMENTS POINT OUT THAT THEIR INTERESTS ARE
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 CLEAR IN THE :"UNITY NEGOTIATION, WHILE THOSE OF THE POLITICAL
 GROUPS IN THE EUROPEAN PARLI`?NT AR;, UNPR,DICT?3:.E
 ( (GIL ROBL ES))   IF THAT IS SO, THEY H?AV   NOT SHOWN IT DURING THE
 CONCILIATION rEETINGS PROVIDED FOR IN THE CODECISION&PROCEDURE
 BETWEEN THE PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL.   THE PARLIAM"-,NT' S
 REPRESENTATIVES HAVE ALWAYS GONE TO THOSE MEETINGS PREPARED TO
 NEGOTIATE AND TO ACHIEVE A CONSENSUS, WHILE THOSE OF THE COUNCIL OF
 MINISTERS APE REPRESENTATIVES WITHOUT LEEWAY FOR NEGOTIATION, AND
 FIND THEMSELVES FORCED CONSTANTLY TO INTERRUPT THE PROCESS IN ORDER
 TO CONSULT THEIR GOVERNMENTS.
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