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"Mr President, Mr Barroso, I have listened very carefully to your description of what happened and what has yet to happen. However, your explanation did not give me the feeling that this summit has really been a great success or a major breakthrough. It may be that we have the debt problem under control. I say ‘may’ advisedly. However, what is happening about the measures for recovery that you yourself have mentioned? What about the proposals to create new jobs? What is happening with regard to the role of the European Central Bank (ECB)? What about Eurobonds? We have heard nothing about any of these things at this summit. Most importantly, what are we doing to respond to the economic war being waged by some rating agencies against the European Union? As far as I can see, this has not been discussed either. However, we do need to talk about it. The big disappointment for me, and I would like to be quite open about this, is that I do not see why those organisations which have always profited from this situation, such as the big banks and the private banks, should now be totally absolved from any participation and why the taxpayers will once again have to pay. This was the wrong decision.
Mr Van Rompuy, Mr Barroso, I believe that the European Union is ultimately too good a thing to be left in the hands of the Heads of State or Government. The European Parliament must once again become heavily involved in the decision-making process, in the same way as the Commission. I am expecting an answer from you today about when and how that will happen, on behalf of all the citizens of Europe and, in particular, those people who are working hard for Europe."@en1
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