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"Mr President, I have noted exactly what the Presidency said about the economic crisis, but it is clear that, with the exception of one country, none of the others can apply the Stability Pact. Moreover, the economic crisis should not ultimately turn into a crisis of values and principles.
On the question of climate change, the Presidency did precisely the right thing. However, it needs to persuade not only the developing countries, but also the United States of America, if the situation is to change. It must take a real initiative in Copenhagen.
On the third issue, the Treaty of Lisbon, we are satisfied. Nine years after the crisis with the Treaty of Nice and the inability to find a response to the institutional question, we have before us a treaty about which several sides pestered us before signing. It is not only the institution and the treaty that are important. The people who apply it are also important and, in this sense, the Presidency is also responsible, at European Commission level, for ensuring that the people responsible – mainly the Minister of Foreign Affairs – express all the interests of a well constructed Union.
On the other hand, at Council level, and I refer in particular to the question of the President of the Council, this is a matter which many of us did not accept. As a member of the European Convention, I personally know that many of us would have preferred the position of President of the Council to be filled by the President of the Commission, which has also happened in the past because, in essence, the role of President of the Commission is to coordinate with the Council and to avoid disruptive clashes.
I trust that both the Presidency of the European Commission and, more importantly, the Presidency of the Council, will make appropriate recommendations to the Member States, so that the way in which both institutions operate is such that it does not differ from the Community
and the excellent past we have in Europe which has secured us so many years of prosperity."@en1
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