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"Mr President, the Ancient Roman jurisconsultants used to say that
(the law is formed from events). I think that credit must be given to Messrs Dimitrakopoulos and Leinen for laying the first foundations of a new
(treaty), a kind of pact on European unity which is organised around differences and which attempts mediation and, in particular, to find basic principles and unities. Europe still has a lot of work to do in order to build a democratic future. However, some points have now been identified: a foreign and security policy needs to be a truly common one. Indeed, I think that, in addition to banks, the economy and social and structural policies, the common foreign and security policy will be another driving factor towards true integration. We need a European Parliament that is the general legislating body of the Union – like the Council – that participates fully in appointing members of the other institutions and is able to establish a relationship of trust with the European Commission, which is no longer weakened by the double qualified majority now necessary for a motion of censure. We need a Council of Ministers that decides by a majority. I think that other issues, such as the greater integration of the national parliaments in the Community’s decision-making process, are useless elements that just complicate matters.
Local regions and communities should also participate with more dignity at the stages of creation and implementation of Community law. The part provided for by the provisions on the Structural Funds could become the basic principle for the new European construction.
The European Parliament must play a truly constituent part, and continue the spirit of Alcide De Gasperi, Schuman, Adenauer and Kohl to stay in the tradition of a people’s Europe – but it has had important supporters in other political families as well, such as Altiero Spinelli, François Mitterrand and Henry Spaak. We are approaching a time that will be decisive for Europe’s survival as an entity and as a model. The attacks are no longer military, but economic and political, and the adversaries are no longer those of the Cold War. If we want to equip ourselves in order to overcome the challenge of the new millennium, then we will have to equip ourselves with the necessary legal and institutional instruments, in the belief that Europe will remain Europe only if it is prepared to carry out self-examination and accept this giant leap towards the future."@en1
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