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"en.20080624.3.2-051"2
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"My sincere thanks, President of the European Council, Janez Janša, for your report. However, not only do I wish to thank you on behalf of Parliament, but I should also like to offer you my personal thanks. I should like to add – and this is also a very personal comment – that, when I was first elected to the European Parliament in 1979, I would not have thought that we would see the day when the Prime Minister of Slovenia – a free, democratic Slovenia – would report to this House on the European Council, and yet, here we are! What I would like to say is this: it is a miracle of our time that the Prime Minister of Slovenia has spoken in this House on behalf of the European Union.
We would also draw from this courage and strength at a time when a mood of disappointment has pervaded the debate because of the referendum in Ireland. What is important is that progress will continue to be made if we remain determined. I should like to thank you sincerely for your determination. I can assure you, on behalf of the European Parliament, that we shall remain determined. We shall remain patient but also determined, and, on that basis, may I now ask the President of the Commission, Mr Barroso, to make his concluding remarks.
Many thanks once again, President Janša!"@en1
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