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"en.20021218.8.3-190"2
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"Mr President, I wish first of all to express my surprise at the question asked by the President-in-Office of the Council. I personally feel, as I am sure do all the Members of this Parliament, that an enlarged Europe will be a political Europe, with more democratic institutions and a Constitution, a fairer Europe, with greater internal solidarity, a Europe which takes its place in the world as a power, a force, a Europe of peace and solidarity, a Europe that improves the European Union, contributing to the historic unification of the continent, but not a Union that is institutionally different or new. Its name must be the European Union then, a name that is furthermore clearly pleasing to the ear and appropriate. With this in mind, I would ask, what then is the meaning of Mr Giscard d'Estaing’s proposal – which the President has just implicitly accepted – that the European Union’s name might be changed? Is this a desire on his part to play a leading role; vanity? Could this be a sign that the Chairman of the European Convention is attempting to reduce the Union’s political power? Can you give us a straight answer, Mr President, as to what you really think about this?"@en1
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