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"Mr President, I did not think the last week would end so successfully.
Firstly, at the Lisbon Summit we adopted a new Reform Treaty, which is an enormous success, and I warmly congratulate Prime Minister José Sócrates, President Barroso and indeed all of us. It went off without any attempts to veto it or any additional battles over its final form. In my view that means that the European Union has emerged from its institutional crisis.
Secondly, there is good news from my country, where the removal from power in recent days of an anti-European and far-right government is an undeniable success. The position of the Polish people is confirmation of what I have said many times – most Poles support European integration; Poles want Poland to be a partner, not an opponent, of the European Union.
Such events undeniably instil optimism about the future of our common European project. I believe that the European Union is ready to meet the challenges of the future and, as Mr Sócrates correctly observed, the European Union is now a stronger and more internally cohesive structure, as well as being a decidedly more powerful partner in negotiations in international global relations. The positions of the President-in-Office of the Council and the High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy are a potent weapon which, if competently deployed, may positively strengthen the image of the European Union.
One of the most important achievements of this agreement, moreover, is that the Charter of Fundamental Rights has acquired a legally binding character. I hope that the new Polish Government will withdraw the decision to exclude Polish citizens from the provisions of Chapter IV of the Charter, entitled
. This Chapter contains provisions relating to employee and trade union rights that are particularly dear to the Polish and European Left."@en1
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