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"Thank you, Mr President. Mr President of the Commission, you have a very important role and ultimately, as this discussion shows, it is difficult to build but easy to criticise. I assure you that the debate following the introduction of your programme will be far more dramatic than today
s, when it is our task to present to you our aims and our dreams. First and foremost, I would urge you to address the future in your programmes, by which I mean concern for the next generation, for young people and education. I would also urge you to give priority to the past and show concern for the generation which is ageing, concern for older people. The first experimental and very clear aim will be the Constitutional Agreement mentioned by my colleague, Mrs Bobošíková. I am convinced that you will be able to assure the European Community that this is a modern document which simplifies all the previous historically outmoded rules of the game. For the first time, you are President of the Commission of the enlarged Community. I would ask you to make use of the potential offered by the ten new Member States in the shape of their Commissioners so that you too can tear down that virtual frontier that exists between the old and the new Europe. A momentous period lies ahead of you; the fulfilment of your aims, the fulfilment of the trust we placed in you when we voted for you, but, of course, this also applies to us as our assistance will be required in all of this. I cannot speak for all the Members, but I can say that those of us who are here for Slovakia and for my political party are always ready to engage in constructive discussion and to participate in your programme. I will vote for it and I assure you that I will monitor the area of healthcare very closely and carefully. The free movement of people is nothing more than an empty phrase if it is not accompanied by matching health cover provision. I will keep my fingers crossed for you, Mr President, and I believe that in January you will succeed in putting together a programme that is in line with our goals. Thank you."@en1
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