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"Mr President, one is entitled to be disappointed by Mr Cameron’s attitude at the last European Council, as indeed I am.
This should not, however, disguise the fact that many UK citizens disagree with their prime minister. I refer in particular to our Liberal and Labour colleagues. However, I have to say that the general tone of this morning’s debate has not helped to bring us closer to the UK’s pro-European political movements. That is not very wise.
That is not my only concern, however. The way in which the governments of two Member States of the European Union are trying to impose their will on the others is perhaps not the best way of strengthening cohesion within the EU in the long term and thus of respecting the authority of the President of the European Council. It seems more and more as though there are only two Member States that matter in the European Union these days. Is it always going to be this way?
This is why I would like to ask Mr Van Rompuy whether he intends, here and now, to rule out any initiative that is likely to bring the United Kingdom back into the European fold by 30 March 2012."@en1
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