Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-05-31-Speech-3-071"
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"Mr President, I am happy that Estonia has been mentioned several times this afternoon, because the Estonian Parliament recently ratified the Constitutional Treaty and hopefully re-launched the process of ratification to reach the number 20. I must admit that, compared with when I was a member of the European Convention, I am much more convinced of closer cooperation between members of the European Union. It is very clear that a Europe of 500 million cannot rely on and cannot work on the basis of the Nice Treaty.
I am absolutely in favour of Prime Minister Verhofstadt’s idea that we need courageous leadership, because without determination and clear convictions we cannot convince our voters to support this project. Therefore we need to stop speaking half-truths; we need to stop saying one thing in the European Council and then another thing at home; we need to stop thinking in practical terms about forthcoming elections. Our voters know when we are speaking half-truths and if we are not showing clear conviction.
Finally, we must not isolate ourselves. We need transatlantic cooperation – the next item on the agenda this afternoon – to strengthen the project, and I will fully support that idea."@en1
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