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"(DA) Madam President, dear Nicole, the Group for a Europe of Democracies and Diversities is also pleased to congratulate you on your election today. I am sure that you will be the President to safeguard the interests of all Members. It is a matter of great importance to us that things should now be put in order in Parliament, so that a journey costing EUR 300 is not reimbursed with EUR 1000, and remuneration is completely upfront and not hidden in perks slipped in through the back door. My group is critical of centralism and a lack of transparency within the EU. I am certain that we will be able to work constructively together to open up the decision-making process within the EU. There are other areas where we are unable to offer constructive co-operation but we can offer constructive opposition, and that is, of course, because you want greater integration in areas where we want less. But we can offer constructive opposition.
Now some comments on a personal note to Mário Soares. Around this time, twenty five years ago, I visited you at a flat in Paris, where you were in exile. I was a great admirer of your fight for democracy in Portugal and helped you by getting your speeches printed in Scandinavian newspapers and by broadcasting your messages. But I have been unable to support you today, for, although we may agree on democracy in Portugal, my group does not support your ideas on integration within Europe. That is why we have been unable to vote for Mário Soares, even though his past life and background strike a chord with me.
Again, on a personal note and speaking as one of the ten veterans to have sat here in Parliament since 1979, Nicole Fontaine is the best President we have ever had. When we closed the session last May, there was unanimous support and loud applause from the entire Chamber because she had presided over meetings with such outstanding success during the last election period. On no account is it for political reasons that I voted for you today, but because I hope that you will continue to represent all Members. And on that note, I am pleased to welcome you as the new President of the Parliament for the next two and a half years.
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