Parliamentarians share burden of responsibility

Members of the EU Parliament have criticised Commission President José Manuel Barroso among other things for his silence on the deportations of Roma from France. The daily Delo joins in the critique, but points out that the MEPs also share responsibility for the state of the EU: "With the Treaty of Lisbon the European Parliament has become more involved in the decision-making mechanism. Together with the Council of the European Union it now decides on almost 90 percent of European legislation. For that reason the MEPs can no longer just sit back and voice criticism, regardless of how justified it is. They also bear their share of responsibility for the state of the Union. And for that reason the address on the state of the EU which the Commission President will give in a year's time will depend to a large extent on the role and involvement of the Members of the European Parliament in the decision-making process."

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