Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-12-14-Speech-3-033"
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"Mr President, the reason why the current debate on the Financial Perspective is so fraught with drama is because it is not just money that is at stake. What is at stake is firstly a climate of trust, and secondly the future of Europe.
I refer to a climate of trust because the outcome of this debate should reveal whether the promises that were made, and the British Prime Minister’s acknowledgement of the need to help weaker countries, have any kind of meaning. Alternatively, it may reveal that the real aim is to ensure that the EU’s only priority is something else entirely, which would violate the principle of European politics, and that brings us to the second problem. The question is whether we want a Europe that is not only enlarged, but also united, which requires a certain amount of political solidarity.
We currently have the Commission’s proposals, Parliament’s proposals and the Böge report on the table. These are all manifestations of the European spirit, and demonstrate an understanding of Europe’s future needs. Yet we also have the recent British proposal before us, which exemplifies the national egotism of the great and the rich.
We are all aware that Europe paid a high price for such egotism over many long centuries. There can be no compromise between egotism and the sense of national spirit. It is for that reason that we must wait and hope that an entirely new British proposal will be put forward. Such a proposal is the only way of resolving this crisis."@en1
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