ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL INTEGRATION AS THE MAIN PRINCIPLE OF EUROPEAN COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
1) ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL INTEGRATION AS THE MAIN PRINCIPLE OF EUROPEAN COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES.
Good afternoon, Catherine Day. Thank you for your agreement to give an interview.
Good afternoon! Not at all! I would like to answer your questions.
As secretary-general, you are in charge of the overall coherence of the Commission’s work, and therefore you are quite well placed to evaluate. So, what would you say are the achievements up to now, and what are the areas for improvement?
First of all, I think, that the Commission has established itself once more with the member states as a «player». I think we went through a quite difficult time, when we seemed only to be arguing with the member states, when at least some of them really questioned the Commission’s value. From my point of view we have come through that difficult period.
I’m exactly of the same opinion. Let’s consider what the reasons of this. To my way of thinking the member states did not see the value of things that you were doing. Do you see what I mean?
Yes! I can’t help thinking the same (не могу не согласиться) I guess we got to the stage where the member states only saw the things the Commission was doing that irritated them.
But now you have managed to restore he balance a little bit. And I would like to discuss such course as the main principle of European community activities. First of all, answer the question, please: «What is the main goal of EC?»
Oh! The aspiration to formation and realization of the general European foreign policy became the main goal of EC. Such system had to serve the best understanding of position of member states, character, harmonization of the points of view of the certain states, overcoming of obstacles in formation of a common position and also strengthening of solidarity between EC parties.
Wow! It’s a great number of important aims. So, what about our country – Kz? We know that from EC perspective, it is noteworthy that the WTO accession of Kz
Good afternoon, Catherine Day. Thank you for your agreement to give an interview.
Good afternoon! Not at all! I would like to answer your questions.
As secretary-general, you are in charge of the overall coherence of the Commission’s work, and therefore you are quite well placed to evaluate. So, what would you say are the achievements up to now, and what are the areas for improvement?
First of all, I think, that the Commission has established itself once more with the member states as a «player». I think we went through a quite difficult time, when we seemed only to be arguing with the member states, when at least some of them really questioned the Commission’s value. From my point of view we have come through that difficult period.
I’m exactly of the same opinion. Let’s consider what the reasons of this. To my way of thinking the member states did not see the value of things that you were doing. Do you see what I mean?
Yes! I can’t help thinking the same (не могу не согласиться) I guess we got to the stage where the member states only saw the things the Commission was doing that irritated them.
But now you have managed to restore he balance a little bit. And I would like to discuss such course as the main principle of European community activities. First of all, answer the question, please: «What is the main goal of EC?»
Oh! The aspiration to formation and realization of the general European foreign policy became the main goal of EC. Such system had to serve the best understanding of position of member states, character, harmonization of the points of view of the certain states, overcoming of obstacles in formation of a common position and also strengthening of solidarity between EC parties.
Wow! It’s a great number of important aims. So, what about our country – Kz? We know that from EC perspective, it is noteworthy that the WTO accession of Kz