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"Thank you, Mr Martin, for your assessment. I understand that it is related to the detailed analysis that you will make of the Commission text. The text will, as soon as it has been adopted – as is now the case – be made available towards the end of the afternoon. I took careful note of the reference you made to Mrs Thatcher and I appreciate the concern you feel, in the light of your own country’s particular sensitivity in this matter, in stressing that we must adopt a pragmatic approach.
Just now, ladies and gentlemen, I expressed my concern in this document, and in the discussions we will be having, to avoid ideology, to keep to a precise approach. This is what I said in the course of one of my presentation sessions in one of the national parliaments – your own parliament in Westminster, Mr Martin – and I think I made myself understood. Indeed I believe that this is the right approach.
So let me repeat that our watchword was to say that qualified majority should be extended to everything that directly affected the operation of the internal market and which might compromise its proper operation in an enlarged Europe. We have, of course, worked on the three instruments which I mentioned, coordination, minimum requirements and harmonisation, treating harmonisation as the additional stage.
Further to this general answer, with thanks for your remarks, I shall be attentive to your criticisms or your proposals when you have had time to peruse this document."@en1
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