Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-06-06-Speech-1-034"
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"Mr President, the anti-European camp wants the constitutional ratification process to be discontinued. I disagree fundamentally with that approach.
Countries representing half the population of Europe have said yes. It would be undemocratic to deny those who have not yet ratified the opportunity to do so. Ironically, the values-driven Union provided for by the Constitution is needed to address the concerns of many of the ‘no’ voters in France and the Netherlands. If some Member States need more time, then let us have a new deadline; but in the interests of our peoples and of Europe’s future in the world, the Constitution must not be shelved.
I would suggest that France and the Netherlands might consider establishing national conventions of Europe, to consider exactly what kind of Europe they want. When the European Council meets next week, it – and the Commission – will need to bear in mind that driving forward with market reforms without strengthening the democratic, social and environmental dimension of Europe, will feed the current crisis, and indeed, that strengthening nationalism will destroy Europe."@en1
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