Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-06-07-Speech-4-024"
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"Mr President, if the European Union summit is to trigger successful efforts towards treaty reform it is essential for it to demonstrate flexibility and a desire to compromise with the countries that have expressed reservations concerning certain provisions of the treaty.
Chancellor Merkel has demonstrated a great deal of good will so far. I therefore appeal to Germany not to fritter away that capital at the very end of the Presidency. It must not be deluded by those politicians that reject compromise and are now threatening to reject the treaty if it does not include the Charter of Fundamental Rights or the whole range of constitutional changes.
Constitutional fanaticism is not a good way out of this crisis. Sound progress towards treaty reform will be made if the forthcoming European Union summit adopts a broad flexible negotiating mandate on the division of competences, the principles of external representation, constitutional symbols and the voting system in Council. If this does not happen, more time will be wasted whilst we rejoice in our own inflexibility. I do not think that is what Europe expects of us."@en1
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