Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-12-18-Speech-1-041"
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"Mr President, I wish to begin by thanking the Finnish Presidency. As a representative from a neighbouring country, I am proud to be a neighbour to Finland these days. You have achieved a lot and have shown that Europe is moving. That is important because all the things we have discussed this morning show that we are able to move Europe forward.
However, that also to some extent highlights the challenges we are facing when we discuss environment policy and greenhouse effects or the need for more competitiveness or the need to face globalisation or the need to do something about the developments in Iran. All these discussions result from the fact that we are able to take a higher degree of responsibility than ever before.
When we are discussing the new challenges from countries applying to join the Union, that is a result of achievements and success, not of the failure, Mr Farage. If we had failed no one would want to be a member of this Union and now they want to be members of this Union because of our success.
We have more steps to take. A credible Union needs a credible common foreign and security policy. Happy Christmas, Mr President."@en1
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