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"en.20031118.2.2-063"2
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"I would like to remind every one of us of the role that the institutions should have and ask them not to confuse their respective roles. I am saying this because someone spoke about President Berlusconi, who, until there is proof to the contrary, is head of a government and as such has the right to take political decisions in his country. President Prodi has been appointed by the Council and voted in by Parliament. We respect him as President of the Commission and we have asked him to be President of the Commission. I agree with what Mr Poettering and Mr Barón Crespo said, since the essence of their speeches was the same: that President Prodi has the right to go back to active politics as and when he wishes, but not as President of the European Commission.
In view of enlargement, the fight against terrorism and the difficulties that we are facing every day in the attempt to make our institutions more transparent for the citizens, none of us can exploit Europe for the purposes of internal politics. I hope that what was said today was partly due to exceptional emotional strain and that, in the next few hours, everyone will go back to the job they were appointed to do. If anyone wants to relinquish their current role, let them state this clearly: they can take on another role but they cannot have two institutional roles at the same time.
As regards Mr Cohn-Bendit’s statement, perhaps Mr Poettering does have two souls, but it is better to have two souls than to have no soul at all."@en1
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