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"Mr President, there is an old saying that if you do not fight, you do not count. Mr Barroso, I like to see you fighting. I recognise that you are fighting for a new treaty. I also like to see Commissioner Wallström fighting – you make a nice couple when you are fighting.
Let me tell you that we really need to fight now. What is going on in the Council? I know what is going on: maybe one day, through informal contacts behind closed doors, we will get a new treaty, as Mrs Wallström said today, but that was the old way of doing things. Now we need to do it together with the people. If we do not have the people with us, we will not have a new treaty. That is why I am so happy to see that we together – Parliament, the European parties and the Commission – can have a true European debate with ordinary people.
Excuse me for saying so, but it is a hell of a job, because it takes time and energy and often you get very little thanks for it. However, at the end you will make a difference in history, because the result will be a new treaty.
Therefore I just have two pieces of advice to give you. Firstly, we, together with the chairman of the group, have focused on the following issues. We cannot do more to resolve international conflicts, especially in the Middle East, without a new treaty. We cannot create more and better jobs and ensure better economic cooperation without a new treaty. We cannot combat terrorism, trafficking and cross-border crime without a new treaty. We need a new treaty in order to have low energy prices. We need a new treaty to have greater transparency.
Therefore, Mr Barroso, I recommend that you work harder, as you have said, on this declaration next year. However, promise me that one of the major messages in that declaration next year will be that this European Union is not a competition amongst states, because that is what people increasingly fear. They fear uncertainty and financial competition on lowering taxes, a sort of social dumping, thereby undermining the welfare state. This European Union is a transparent and fair competition in the free market between firms, services and projects, which can contribute to our wealth. That is a very important signal to send out. The European Union is about people: putting people first, combining a new welfare state and a modernised version, for this region’s prosperity.
My last point is that we need Bulgaria and Romania. We need to have a clear signal, President-in-Office, when you meet the day after tomorrow. We will meet in Brussels, with our leaders and prime ministers, and our message will be clear: we need Bulgaria and Romania from 1 January 2007. They deserve it and Europe needs them."@en1
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