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"Mr President, we have had an almost permanent Intergovernmental Conference for 10 years, we have had endless debates on the nature of the European Union and even on its
. The European Union increasingly resembles one of these useless machines seen in contemporary art, where the only important thing is the complexity of its workings. The whole thing has spiralled so far out of control – I actually heard the word ‘extravagant’ being used earlier – that some of the social democrats are beginning to openly call for a new type of nationalism, but, this time, one with a European edge, whereas even they are proving to be unable to shoulder their rightful responsibilities on behalf of their own countries.
Since the Treaty of Nice was a failure, let us move swiftly on to a fifth European Treaty, which will surely be better than the previous ones with their countless directives and regulations. Of course, however, European integration is something that is so distinctive, paradoxical and uncertain that it is untouchable. The gestures made by the institutions favouring a ‘federation of nation States’ or a ‘United Europe of Nations’, as in the slogan used during a certain election campaign, cannot hide the reality that today’s Europe is merely a trading post that has one or two environmental concerns and is dominated by media finance.
Everyone is well aware that the common agricultural policy is on its last legs. Guaranteed prices have been widely replaced by grants and a policy of high productivity has driven most farmers from their land. In this respect, the recent proposal by Chancellor Schröder, to exchange maintaining the common agricultural policy in return for a step towards European federalism, should remain unanswered, as, in actual fact, in order to save the last farmers, we must move towards phasing out the common agricultural policy.
With regard to the Structural Funds, the grants of which gave rise to countless cases of irregularities, it is utterly unrealistic to claim that it will be possible to maintain the Fund beyond 2006. Let us keep the money that is still available for the candidate countries, in the shape of an increased Cohesion Fund, in the hope, of course, that these countries do not become disillusioned too quickly about the actual advantages that they will gain from European utopia.
We oppose any form of European nationalism."@en1
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