Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-11-19-Speech-2-172"
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"Mr President, one evening, after winning a battle, Winston Churchill declared ‘it is not the end, it is not even the beginning of the end, but one can say that it is the end of the beginning’. I think that this sums up our situation perfectly. Our friends who are joining us feel, no doubt, that they have arrived at the end of the road. In fact, they are only at the end of the first stage along the road and tomorrow we must all set about building Europe. They are not arriving in a ready-made world. We must establish a political Union and both the foreign policy and defence policy must be drafted. The institutions are due to be radically reformed within the framework of the Convention and already, those who are due to join us are taking part in the work of the Convention.
This is a Europe that we are therefore going to build together. Do not have any preconceptions or the feeling that you are arriving in a world made by others and for others: you are arriving along with others in a world that we shall all be building together. And I would simply like to give you what I feel is the secret of influence in Europe. Some believe that one must be hard and strict, that one must constantly complain and protest in favour of one’s national interests. This is far from being the case. Europe gives itself to those who support it. This is the fundamental rule of the European Union: support it and it will serve you well!"@en1
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