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"Mr President, it is difficult to know how we should judge the report by António José Seguro and Iñigo Méndez de Vigo. We acknowledge that, with the amendments that have been made, it makes a clear compromise in favour of constituting a convention for the envisaged reform of the Treaties and that the report accepts the launch of a constitutional process. We must also say, however, that the report is not as critical of the results of the Nice Intergovernmental Conference as it should be. With this report, Parliament is regrettably distancing itself from the prevailing feeling of failure in a European society which saw the Heads of State or Government unable to agree on the path to take for building a political Europe, which is now more necessary than ever because of enlargement towards the States of the East and of the Mediterranean. Once again, the Members of the majority in this Parliament have ignored their responsibility as representatives of the European citizens, have subordinated their positions to those of their governments and, paradoxically, have let themselves be bested by the political representatives of their own States.
Therefore, now, having heard President Johannes Rau, Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and PrimeMinister Lionel Jospin, I am convinced and have the regrettable feeling that, if the majority Members had known beforehand the positions of these national leaders, the report that has just been adopted would have been quite different. What I am talking about in particular and what I am most ashamed of is its consideration of the European Parliament as the central location and institution of the political European Union. I hope that in the future constitutional process, this Parliament will maintain a self-respecting position, which is more responsible, especially with regard to the interests and aspirations of our citizens. Lastly, I hope that we learn this lesson and that we are aware of the role that falls to us in European politics."@en1
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