Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-05-22-Speech-2-224"
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"Mr President, Mr Prodi, our ambition is to continue with European integration. True, we have misfired. By voting ‘no’ to the Constitutional Treaty, many French people believed that they were resisting a liberal Europe and thus hoped that that would help us to move towards a social and ecological Europe. Well, now we know that quite the opposite has happened. The ‘no’s have condemned our institutions to deadlock, and I share Prime Minister Prodi’s view that we must not throw the baby out with the bath water.
Europe needs a constitution, and the compromise achieved by the Convention must be adopted and improved. So if, by a mini-treaty, as presented by the new French President, we mean the constitutional compromise and the Charter of Fundamental Rights, it will be a yes, a yes to a Foreign Minister. What weight will that Minister carry, however, Mr Prodi, without a genuine European foreign policy?
Yes, Mr Prodi, the treaty still needs to be improved. If it had to be a third-rate treaty that is ratified on the sly, that would be unacceptable. The future of Europe is a matter for the people of Europe. I therefore say ‘yes’ to a European referendum being held simultaneously in the 27 countries, and why not during the next European elections?
I say ‘yes’, so that Europe can tackle the present-day challenges – I am thinking in particular of climate change – that will radically transform our lives. I am convinced that our fellow citizens understand these challenges and will be able to move this tremendous European project forward."@en1
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