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"Mr President, as early as 1849, the great French writer Victor Hugo spoke out in favour of a union of European states. In the hundred years that have passed since then, major impetus and progress have been made in the history of European integration, notably on the initiative of the French. They include, not least, the origins of our present-day European Union, which is the result of the plan unveiled in 1950 by Robert Schuman. Robert Schuman worked closely with Jean Monnet.
As we are assembled in Strasbourg, I would like to pay tribute to Pierre Pflimlin, who was Prime Minister of France, President of the European Parliament and Mayor of Strasbourg for many years. It was especially painful that it was the citizens of France who rejected, in a referendum, the draft Constitutional Treaty, which contained so many answers that are important for the future of Europe. Shortly before your election, however, Mr President, you made it clear that as your country's head of state, you would do your utmost to bring France back to centre stage in Europe.
Without doubt, you promptly and decisively demonstrated this resolve through your contribution to achieving a solution in the negotiations on the Reform Treaty and your support for the efforts of the then President of the European Council, Chancellor Angela Merkel, in this regard.
Mr President, may I conclude by recalling that after your election, you kindly invited me to visit the Élysée Palace as your first non-French guest. I would like to take this opportunity to thank you once again, on behalf of the European Parliament, for this invitation, for you demonstrated not only your commitment to Europe but also – and most importantly – you expressed, in that invitation, your appreciation of the European Parliament as the body representing the people of the European Union.
Mr President, on 2 July, a few weeks after your election, you addressed the people of Strasbourg and you said the following: 'I want France to take the responsibility that is its own, and I want all Europeans to become aware of their own responsibility to history. I want to start debates, I want to ask questions and I want to raise all the issues.' Mr President, we are keenly awaiting your speech. May I invite you to address the European Parliament."@en1
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