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"Madam President. Mr Barroso, the members of the Dutch delegation in the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) will be voting for you with conviction tomorrow. This is not only because we are convinced of your qualities but also because we are in a hurry. In our view, the last two months have been a lost opportunity to tackle the economic crisis – and we, the Dutch, are in a hurry. We do indeed want to see more social market economy in your programme – as far as we were concerned, the previous Commission was rather too liberal in that regard. We hope that you will continue the fight against excessive regulation and make Copenhagen a success, but reduce the number of European Agencies created.
Another matter concerns Europe’s citizens. Today, this afternoon, the word has come up perhaps two or three times. That is not enough. The European elections have shown us that we really have our work cut out to win the minds of ordinary people for Europe. The Opel workers who are to be made redundant must immediately think of Europe as a source of hope, a source of work.
Finally, over the last six weeks, you have struck me as a man with passion and enthusiasm. You thrive when challenged. I urge you to keep that up for the next five years: I should like to see it every week."@en1
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