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"I am not in the habit of going against the wishes of my political group, especially when it is a question of expressing our opinion on decisions of such critical importance for the future of our Union. However, the resolution that has been tabled undermines all the work and all the effort that our governments have put in. As Nicolas Sarkozy and Angela Merkel, the initiators of the agreement, have said many times: this agreement represents ‘the highest common denominator’. This is no game. This is not the time to be entering a plea of non-admissibility in the interminable battle between the ‘bad intergovernmental method’ and ‘good federalism’. Any level of willingness is a positive thing. The agreement is so far-reaching that we will be losing a significant player in the process: the United Kingdom. Of course I am in favour of a strong European Parliament. We bear the weighty responsibility of representing half a billion people. However, let us not go beyond our remit. The issue on the table was to resolve the debt crisis affecting sovereign states. It is therefore up to the States alone to find a solution. They have done so, as we Members of the European Parliament have been asking them to do for a long time. All we needed to do was to emphasise this point. I am sorry that this motion has been passed."@en1
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