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"Mr President, I will comment briefly on five points.
Firstly, at this point in the debate the facts have been well established. The history of the tempestuous relations between Parliament, the Council and the Commission have been well described and if, as Lenin said, only fools discuss the facts, I do not want to fall into that temptation and I will say no more on this point.
Secondly, if you will allow me to speak autobiographically, I belong to the generation of Spaniards who well recognise the importance of parliament in a democracy. What is more, I was part of the Spanish Parliament that created the Constitution. I therefore have great sympathy for Mrs Randzio-Plath’s defence of the rights of Parliament.
Thirdly, to continue in an autobiographical vein, I am also a committed European and I am absolutely sure that, just as the euro was essential yesterday, today structural reforms are absolutely necessary and, amongst them, we must place special emphasis on the reform of financial services if we want the European economy to be competitive.
My fourth point is the reconciliation of these two objectives: doing things well and doing them quickly, speeding up the process and respecting the rights of Parliament, must be carried out, as Mr Huhne said, within strict limits, the limits laid down in Article 202, which are badly worded and whose reform we advocate.
Finally, the solution to this dilemma has been discovered by the new Knight of the Order of the Legion of Honour, Karl von Wogau, and supported by this Parliament. I hope that the Commission appreciates this vote of confidence from Parliament in the Commission and the Council, and that it will never fall into the temptation – since Mr Bolkestein likes Latin – to alter the
because the reaction of a spurned lover is unpredictable. Parliament has the powers to try to go into the maximum detail within level 1, which would delay the process. Parliament could, like a spurned lover, delay discussing the proposals and that would mean doing the opposite to what we should be doing.
I believe that today is a great day for all of us. I congratulate Karl von Wogau, the Commission and the Council and I hope that in Barcelona we will be able to reap the harvest which we have begun to sow today."@en1
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