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"I would have liked to have started by thanking Mr Juncker, but he is probably not interested in our opinions. Nevertheless, I would still like to say that I appreciate his stance in really trying to integrate the new Member States into the functioning of the European Union. I am sorry that the Luxembourg presidency will be connected with the failure of the Constitutional Treaty. I must say, however, that it is precisely the inability of the Council to deal with the current situation that demonstrates the necessity of the Constitutional Treaty. The Constitutional Treaty is not dead: it is, alas, the Council itself, unable to resolve this deadlock, that is dead and ineffective. Council members cannot agree, as they struggle to protect their political hides in the domestic arena. Today it is the European Parliament and the European Commission that know how to agree and adopt majority decisions. Both these institutions work and take decisions that directly affect the lives of the people of the European Union. It was stated during your presidency that the targets set by the Lisbon strategy are unrealistic. But the reality, that is, a proposed solution, was not offered to us, and remains a hot potato for the next presidency. And unfortunately not even the next presidency is a guarantee that the Lisbon strategy will be resolved rather than merely criticised. If Kissinger were to ask for Europe’s telephone number today, he would be given 25 numbers to choose from. Who to choose? Big? Rich? Active? It is exactly those who have now turned their backs on solidarity and on us all."@en1

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