Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-06-08-Speech-3-059"
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"Mr President, the situation that we are now facing is called crisis. It would be futile and dangerous to deny it. Being clear, however, does not mean making gestures. We must not give up so easily. Each country has to decide on the Constitution according to its own constitutional rules. In the meantime, we must reflect on the consequences of the apparent absence of unanimous ratification so as to establish as quickly as possible a new consensus for a political Europe, which we must not give up on.
Nevertheless, what Europeans have expressed by their vote or by their attitude needs close analysis and it calls first for changes in European politics and in the way they are conducted. Europe has to get out of the somewhat schizophrenic state in which it operates on a daily basis. Decisions are made at supranational level but debates are exclusively at national level. Henceforth, the debate in each country should focus on the common issues and on European interests, as was the case in the French referendum campaign.
For the time being, Mr President, the European Council has to bring stability to the system as it is and show that it has clearly heard the message. For me, that means, as a priority, persuading the Central Bank to lower its key interest rate, as this is essential for growth. Otherwise, we risk collapse because of monetary inflexibility. Then we need to reach a political agreement on the financial perspective and to cut back some projects for legislation that are not meeting any real need. We need to put in place real policies for industry and research and move from discussion to decisions and from decisions to action on asylum and immigration, on justice and common policy. We need too to postpone the start of negotiations for the accession of Turkey in order to introduce into the terms of negotiation the notion of a privileged partnership.
Mr President, we can overcome the crisis and move forward if we act democratically. Let us make the European policies that the people demand of us."@en1
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