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"Mr President, I must point out that, in the stand which they took and the efforts which they made at the Council, both President Barroso and President Van Rompuy made a real effort to achieve specific results and I wish to thank them for that. Many years ago, in 1985, this Chamber debated a report by Professor Cecchini ordered by the Commission entitled ‘The cost of non-Europe’. We were all convinced at the time that, if we were to have real European Union, we needed a common currency. However, monetary union had design faults. The European Council now appears to be discussing what the cost of Europe, rather than the cost of non-Europe, would be.
How can we debate a change to the Treaty in the sense of a transnational, Schengen-type agreement in this day and age? I am sure that you will tell me a great deal of time is needed for a European convention, for everything that needs to be done, and for the national parliaments to participate. Regardless of whether or not time is needed, democratic legitimisation is needed and democratic legitimisation of decisions taken in a fragmentary manner – because I do not think that we are done with the Council of 8 and 9 December – is impossible unless the European Parliament at least has a role which, institutionally, more than covers the role of the national parliaments, which ultimately is non-existent."@en1
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