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dcterms:Date	"2010-02-24"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:EU 2020 - Follow-up of the informal European Council of 11 February 2010 (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20100224.13.3-072"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2010-02-24-Speech-3-0732
lpv:speaker	lp:Jean-Pierre Audy2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (2009-09-16--2011-09-06)3 vice-chair; CONT (2009-07-20--2012-01-18)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (2009-09-16--2010-05-16)3 unknown; Union pour un Mouvement Populaire (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; ITRE (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP (2010-02-10--2014-06-30)3 substitute; ECON (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr Van Rompuy, Minister, Mr Barroso, ladies and gentlemen, finally, you are with us, President of the European Council, welcome! However, I will begin by reiterating my great disappointment that your first political move was not to come and present yourself to the representatives of the peoples of Europe following 1 December, the date you officially took office. Like us, Mr Van Rompuy, you are a politician, and politics cannot exist without democracy. The democratic lesson of the French and Dutch referendums of 2005 and of many other peoples, had they been consulted, is that citizens are saying they are not against Europe, but they have the feeling that it is being built without them, and sometimes against them. It is therefore thanks to Mrs Merkel, who was in your seat in 2007, and to Mr Sarkozy, who had just been elected President of the Republic of France, that citizens were once again placed at the heart of European integration with the Treaty of Lisbon, which created the high office that you hold. Mr Van Rompuy, you must understand that nothing can be done without the citizens and their representatives, just as our Parliament must understand that nothing can be done without the Member States and hence, the Heads of State or Government. Let us get to the point: the peoples of Europe are suffering because they no longer understand the huge global disruption going on around them. Your duty is to give meaning to it, to set the course, to convince the European Council that Europe is not a problem, but a solution. Europe does not expose, it protects. Europe does not suffer, it acts. What is your vision of the world and of the European Union’s place in it? Could you tell us what part intergovernmentalism plays in your European strategy, in particular, with regard to the economic governance that we are lacking and the establishment of the External Action Service? Mr Van Rompuy, the European Union walks on two legs. The Member States and governments and the peoples. We are looking for the head, and you are the head! Moreover, you should not be in the passenger seat, but in the driving seat, and the future of the European Union will depend on your ability to steer the Member States towards a political Union. Thank you for being here, Mr Van Rompuy. You are a man of great quality. Do not fear the peoples and their representatives. Love them and they will love you back."@en1
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