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"Mr President, although the minority is always much noisier, many of us here in Parliament believe that in order to function appropriately, the European Union needs a Constitutional Treaty, particularly in areas such as increased transparency and the increased controlling role of Parliament, or even the protection of minority rights in Europe.
However, the main reason for the crisis that has developed is not the content of the Constitution that ensures a better regulation of the future functioning of the European Union, but the fact that in the eyes of many citizens, the performance of the European Union is not satisfactory and it is not convincing. The institutions and the elite running the European Union have lost the trust of a number of citizens.
I agree with the opinion of the European Commission, and as I mentioned in my accepted motion for amendment, it is important to ensure that one of the objectives of the period of consideration is to find ways for the European Union to regain the trust of citizens. We also believe that in order to ensure success, we need a debate on how the European Union can increase its performance and how it can contribute to the solution of the real problems of people.
The Constitutional Treaty, or its most important sections must be preserved. But we must know that the trust of European Union citizens cannot be regained by complicated texts, but by the performance of the European Union, by jobs, economic growth and the effective representation of common European interests in the world. And if we regain their trust, people will also support the Constitutional Treaty."@en1
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