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"Presidents, Prime Minister, the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union has attempted to find a place for itself in a new institutional context, between the new President of the Council and High Representative and the European Parliament’s increased power as a European colegislator in its own right.
At the same time, this Presidency has come at a time of major economic difficulties for Europe, such as the crisis with the euro in Greece and a growing social unrest, as we have seen in Spain, where nearly five million people are unemployed. In this context, several advances have been made: the creation of European mechanisms for financial stabilisation, progress in the regulation of the financial markets – here, I would ask you, Prime Minister, to continue on the same path so that we get these regulations – as well as the organisation of the European External Action Service.
It is difficult, however, to give the credit for these positive measures to such and such a rotating Presidency, the Presidency of the European Council or Parliament, and anyway, there have been various reverses or delays in these measures, as you have emphasised. I am particularly thinking of the cancellation of the summit between the United States and Europe, which was a lost opportunity to relaunch an essential transatlantic partnership. My group would like the European Council, during the summit in September on strategic partnerships, to catch up on the time that has been lost, and we propose the creation of a transatlantic market, which would surely provide a serious way of generating growth and employment on our two continents.
Ladies and gentlemen, the stakes are high, and we are therefore obliged to send signs of confidence not just to the markets, but also to Europeans: confidence in our joint capacity for innovation and for engaging in enterprise, and also confidence in Europe’s capacity to return to competitiveness, and therefore to return to growth.
In order to achieve these results, each of the Member States must play its part and take inspiration from the things that its neighbours do better. In order for the concert to be harmonious, however, we need a conductor, and this conductor must be European. My group expects European leaders to send a message of unity and confidence and to organise themselves accordingly. My group also expects the Community method to prevail over the intergovernmental method, the limitations of which have been demonstrated by the current crisis.
Prime Minister, as you have said, we intend, even following the Spanish Presidency, to maintain the same very strong stance on this Community method. So many challenges await the Belgian Presidency, and I would recommend to them, and to all of us, that we should show humility, but also efficiency."@en1
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