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The agenda for the European Council this coming March, which has just been presented to us, includes so many economic and social priorities that it is bound to give rise to confusion. We believe that it will have three negative effects in particular.
First of all there is a complete lack of visibility in the eyes of the public, particularly since many of the subjects that are regarded as priorities at European level are really of very secondary importance to our fellow citizens. Then we are being sent a subliminal message which we do not accept, namely that the European Union is a super-state which has its finger in every pie. Finally, and most importantly, ineffectiveness is guaranteed, because faced with so many priorities, action on the part of the Union and of its Member States is bound to become fragmented.
As I said during the debate, many of the measures proposed are extremely interesting, but we ought to concentrate on certain central selling ideas. The European Union should not add an additional cumbersome and restrictive level of management. It should remain flexible and differentiated. It should make life easier for Member States on the international stage, by helping them to limit immigration and to fight, within the WTO negotiations, to enable us to retain our security and the identity of our societies."@en1
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