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With regard to the calendar for part-sessions in 2001, I must say quite clearly, as someone who has only ever been absent once since the new term on 12 June 1999, that I have always opposed and will always oppose any decision which seeks to make our part-session in Strasbourg meaningless, with the more or less open aim of disputing Strasbourg as the seat of the European Parliament.
Such a decision would not only threaten the institutional balance that has nonetheless been accepted by all Member States, but, even more seriously, it would threaten the ‘certain concept of Europe’ that Strasbourg symbolises: that of a political Europe that is reconciled and peaceful. For who can deny that the creation of a single capital for a federal Europe, which will have more than 500 million inhabitants in 10 years’ time, would be an aberration? This would be a disaster in terms of town planning, in terms of the environment and therefore in human terms!
Being modern in the 21st century means having a multipolar capital, at the heart of which Strasbourg will always have a special place. For all of these reasons, I condemn the ideological and mercenary machinations of the anti-Strasbourg faction, which never misses an opportunity to cause trouble!"@en1
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