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"Madam President, all the objectives which the Euro Group has set itself, and which are sometimes completely reasonable, can be achieved successfully with the help of the economic, social and taxation policies of the Member States. The question arises, therefore, as to why we are amending the Treaty today at express speed to transfer these competencies – at least in part – to Union level. I think there are two answers: as usual we want to share responsibility for unpopular decisions with the European Union, or we want to use the opportunity, perhaps under the pretext of reforms, simply to transfer more power to Brussels. I doubt this will bring the expected effects, taking into consideration the fact that most Euro Group Member States have more public debt and a less competitive taxation system than the other Member States. Hanging over this discussion, of course, is the threat of a two-speed Europe. I would like to warn those who want to hurry. In addition to the same speed, what is also needed is the right direction. Moving at very high speed but in the wrong direction threatens to end in only one way – a huge increase in the scale of the catastrophe. At least, that is what I see happens on Europe’s roads."@en1
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