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"Mr President, I should like to thank Mrs Merkel, because, with there being 27 of us now, the next German Presidency of the Union will only take office in 2020 and because you now have to control and steer the Union’s destiny. There are, of course, technical matters, and it would be good, for example, to guarantee our farmers’ future after 2013.
Our destiny lies elsewhere, however. If the aim is to find the soul of Europe, Mrs Merkel, there are only two paths to take. The first is that of Orpheus, who went to the underworld for trying to find Eurydice – the European Constitution – whom he lost because he looked back. Mrs Merkel, look forwards! Do not go back, even to constitutional treaties. Instead, make a strategic offer to France that goes beyond the 1963 Elysée Treaty. For instance, faced with the challenges of which you speak, be Churchill rather than Bismarck; propose sharing a symbol – Franco-German co-nationality, for example.
However, since you are searching for the soul of Europe, the second path is that of the world that Europe, from Vasco de Gama, Mr Barroso, to Goethe, has enlightened. The real challenge of the 21st century is to build the world starting with the shared dimensions of planetary co-ownership, that is to say, the collective management of food – eating – of water – drinking – of medicines – caring for oneself – and of education – acquiring knowledge.
Mrs Merkel, you represent the people of Germany; I am the elected representative of the people of wine-growing lands. I raise my glass to you:
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