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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I am afraid I am going to disappoint Mr Poettering by speaking on behalf of the Commission, in place of Mr Barnier. But that is the price of collegiality.
I endorse everything that Mr Barnier said in his speech. I would just like to clarify the Commission’s position. We consider the basis on which to work to be the Convention text and we think that on certain points, the Naples text clarified the Convention text. While remaining faithful to the Convention’s proposals, we can draw out positive trends on which we need to work. However, certain aspects of the Naples text, and above all some of the bilateral negotiations that took place between Naples and the European Council in Brussels, reveal retrograde steps in very sensitive areas, such as budgetary powers or the scope of application of the qualified majority. These steps back do not deserve any support from the Commission and we do not in any way consider them to be a negotiable result. Indeed, as Mr Roche said, nothing is agreed until the whole thing has been agreed.
There are also parallel initiatives, however, that have been taken following Naples that deserve our agreement. I will take the example of the agreement on defence. Defence is a fundamental point and one of the major areas of development for the future of the EU. The Commission welcomes the agreement that was achieved on defence at the Intergovernmental Conference, including the content of the protocol that was discussed following the conclave in Naples.
The example of defence is a very good one. It is not about building a two-speed Europe on the basis of the agreement on defence. The agreement reached in such a sensitive area as defence shows that we need to incorporate this agreement into the constitution as a whole and ensure an overall agreement on the constitution, including the defence dimension. This is why we will continue to support the efforts of the Irish Presidency to secure an agreement on the European Constitution as quickly as possible and with as little delay as possible."@en1
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