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"The Constitutional Treaty has already been ratified by ten states, including five old Member States
Austria, Germany, Greece, Italy and Spain
and five new ones
Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia, Slovenia and Slovakia. These account for 50% of the population of the European Union; given that a founding country does not enjoy a privileged position, it could be said that the score is now ten to two.
I do not know whether the French cured their unemployment problems, which they exploited in the run-up to the referendum, by means of the negative outcome of the latter. I believe that, on the contrary, they have abused the ideas and good will of the new Member States and, moreover, humiliated a major European country
my neighbour, Poland
by using the Polish welder as a symbol.
I am calling upon Parliament not to weep over the negative outcome, nor to rejoice with some of those present here over the rubbishing of the idea of a strong Europe, but to take forceful and effective steps to facilitate the process in the future. It is also a sad fact, Mr President, that I am the first Member from a new Member State to speak on this item."@en1
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