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"Thank you, Mr President, for addressing us in forceful, committed and frank terms. You mentioned the fiftieth anniversary of the declaration by Robert Schuman, which Parliament has indeed celebrated formally. I noticed, Mr President, that you spoke of “our common day of celebration.” I must tell you, we particularly appreciated this.
Thank you, too, for mentioning the visit I made to Ljubljana a few weeks ago. This was part of the ninth meeting of the Presidents of the European Parliament and the presidents of candidate countries, a tradition initiated several years ago by my predecessors, Enrique Barón Crespo, Klaus Hänsch and José Maria Gil Robles.
During this visit, I was most honoured to be given the opportunity to address the Chamber of the Slovene Parliament and I must say that, together with Mr Podestá, the Vice-President responsible for enlargement, Mr Brok, chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy, and Mr Ebner, president of the delegation, we were very impressed by the considerable progress achieved by your country on the path to accession.
Let me, finally, tell you that Parliament would, I feel, very broadly agree with the views you have expressed. In the goals you mentioned, you spoke of wishing to enter a house that was solid, strong and united, and I think I am safe in saying that that is the wish of the majority in this House. You also mentioned unity in diversity. I should like to point out, in that connection, that, a few weeks ago, 80 000 young people from the countries of the European Union took part in a competition to find a motto for Europe, and the one which was adopted in the end by the grand jury was “Unity in diversity”. I have to confess that it is not very snappy, but it is more interesting than it seems because it does appear to respond to a very deep-seated feeling shared by many of the citizens of our countries.
Finally, Mr President, you mentioned the values you hold dear, and which form the basis of European integration. You also mentioned the hope that we would not lose sight of social solidarity in the context of globalisation. Once again, I think your views are in total accord with the objectives of the European Parliament.
I wish you and also the Slovene authorities participating in the negotiations the very best of luck. We sincerely hope that these negotiations will come to a successful conclusion within the expected time limits. We wish you good luck, Mr President, and we thank you once again for coming here today and addressing us."@en1
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