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"Mr President, I first of all wish to congratulate the Slovenian Presidency for a job well done. The peoples of Europe, including Ireland, need the European Union now more than ever. Our world is driven by injustice and fear for the future, and driven indeed by simple-minded neo-liberal economics which have taken our world to the edge of the abyss.
Europe’s original social contract, which delivered a prosperous continent, at peace with itself, has to be revived and modernised. Europe, which is to say the national governments, in tandem with this Parliament, must take the lead in addressing the deep concerns of the people, and must lead a new movement for a consensus based on fair trade, decent work and sustainable development and replace the failed Washington Consensus.
Ireland’s ‘no’ vote is a reflection of people’s deep concerns over the future, and they have voted for the status quo. ‘Sticking plaster’ programmes to help the poor are necessary, but in themselves totally inadequate.
The way forward is for Europe to demonstrate that, as a Union, it can seriously get to grips with the financial crisis, climate change and sustainability, with economic recession, with decent working conditions and with energy security and fuel costs. Europe must be seen as part of the solution and not part of the problem. In those circumstances, Lisbon would be easily ratified in all of the Member States.
By way of a footnote, might I suggest to my colleague Ms McDonald, who gave us a lecture on democracy and militarisation, that she would gain more credibility if she took the floor in this House to declare an end to support for ETA, the murder gang in Spain, and an end to the policy of seeking the destruction of the Spanish state, which is a democratic state of this Union."@en1
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