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"Mr President, Chancellor, ladies and gentlemen, you are taking on the Presidency, Chancellor, at a very sensitive time for Europe, but you will be helped by the fact that, as President Poettering has rightly emphasised, you personally and your country represent the main success story in the European integration process, which aims at the reunification of our continent in the freedom of democracy after the divisions of the two World Wars and the Cold War.
Despite that success, however, Europe is in crisis and too many of our fellow citizens have lost confidence in integration. We need to turn this situation round as fast as we can. The programme that you have presented to us appears to be effective and well thought through, but priority should be given to those areas where somehow we can quickly and effectively demonstrate with real facts that Europe is better than no Europe. I should like to point out three such areas: the Balkans and Middle East questions, the fight against terrorism and the energy problem.
In particular, a special opportunity is opening up in relation to energy, associated with the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome. What better occasion could there be to go beyond mere words and to relaunch an institution that was introduced at that time and which would probably prove to be more useful today than it was then?
A Euratom II might let us address at European level something that cannot be done everywhere at individual country level, and in which Europe cannot risk being left behind: I mean research and the management of sensitive stages, such as enrichment and waste disposal. Think about it, Chancellor, and, in the meantime, good luck!"@en1
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