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"Mrs Napoletano, if we look at people’s reactions, I would say that we have indeed been impartial. I have been criticised by everyone, starting with the Italian press, not to mention the Spanish press and the French press, while the Germans have criticised me in speech as well as in writing. Therefore, either we have done everything badly or we have done everything well. All things considered, I do not know. I would like to stress, however, a very important point – why have we done this? Because there cannot be a truly European body if a specific post has been reserved for thirty years for one country or for twenty years for one person. Here the future of what we understand as Europe is at stake. So, in these cases, it is likely that mistakes will happen. It is also likely that high-level people will be sacrificed, but do you understand what is at stake? Do you understand what we are facing? We really are facing the future of a structure that must be as international as possible.
Secondly, by making these decisions I have taken a risk, a very real risk, and this too is a sign for the future. I want to be clear that appointments must be made according to merit and sometimes they will upset or overturn certain balances between countries. But the future of Europe is at stake here, and it is already an extremely important consequence. I have seen it in people’s reactions. In fact, after discussing this with the representatives of various countries, with the people who objected, the consequence was this: we must invest more in training the young and we must put more energy into sending high-level officials to Brussels. This is what I wanted. To start a chain reaction so that this becomes the best bureaucracy in the world. It is clear that this is a challenge, along with what I said before in reply to Mr Cox’s question – to start creating a type of bureaucracy suited to the objectives we want to achieve and then choose the best people which will sometimes mean upsetting the balance between countries. However, I think that it is worth it for our future goal."@en1
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