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"Mr President, allow me to wish you all the best in your new role.
The Dutch Presidency has set out a programme for us which is also a challenge, namely the signing of the European Union Constitutional Treaty. As a member of the European Convention, I can guarantee that this Treaty contains the basic principles for a future strong and prosperous Europe. As we look to the future, I feel it is incumbent on me to mention some of the steps taken by the Slovak Republic in the past. This very month sees the 12th anniversary of the signing by the Slovak parliament of the declaration of sovereignty of the Slovak Republic. This was the first step in the creation of an independent Slovak state. The second step was the adoption of the Constitution of the Slovak Republic on 1 September 1992. This period culminated in November 1992 with the peaceful division of the Czechoslovak federation into two independent states – the Czech and Slovak republics. I can assure you that despite this separation of their states, relations between Czechs and Slovaks have improved substantially. The foundation of the Slovak Republic was a step towards the EU and it was my own party, the Movement for a Democratic Slovakia, led by Mr Meciar, which submitted the application of the Slovak Republic to join the European Union.
I therefore regard our current membership of the EU as the fulfilment of our goals, our ideas and our programme. We are interested not only in the removal of borders that hinder the free movement of individuals, but also in overcoming the separation between Old and New Europe or, as I heard it referred to yesterday, the separation between Western and Eastern Europe. The three Members representing the HZDS, the movement for a democratic Slovakia, Mr Kozlík, Mr Baco and myself, are working in the Group of Non-attached Members, but I would like to assure you that our efforts will be directed towards the building of a future Europe that is both prosperous and ever more closely unified. We support the steps taken by the Dutch Presidency and the programme that has been presented to us. Thank you."@en1
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