European Parliament 1 March 2001, WRITTEN QUESTION E-0620/01 by Nelly Maes (Verts/ALE) to the Commission. Respect for regional and minority languages.

This is why Mr Lamy has called for parliamentary control at European level. This would increase not only the duty of responsibility with regard to commercial policy but also the effectiveness of that policy, because the trading partners would then realise that the Commission has full support in its negotiations from the democratically elected representatives of the European people.