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"Madam President, a paradoxical situation awaits state leaders at Santa Maria da Feira, as we could say that there the notion of the logistics of inter-state action is being irreversibly left behind in the development of the Union. In our opinion, this is very welcome. We warmly welcome the Charter of Fundamental Rights, and we would like it to be vibrant in terms of its content, and to become a legally binding part of the Treaties and a vehicle for a constitutional process in which the people are a central factor. I also believe that the way in which the Charter of Fundamental Rights is being produced is radically new, and this could also be a way to amend agreements in the future to make them genuinely constitutional.
In our opinion, public opinion is at its lowest ebb now when it comes to the formation of military institutions for the European Union. I would like, on behalf of my Group, to complain that barely any public debate is entered into in these matters, and that changes happen so fast that sometimes it feels as if not even all our governments can fully influence this process. Relations between the European Union and NATO are converging so quickly that the non-aligned countries are in a very precarious situation, although they want to make a full contribution to the promotion of national security.
I would like to say that the Mediterranean strategy is a very important one. I was recently in New York at a conference on women’s issues. I appeal to the Commission and the Council that you make a serious bid to include the issues of women’s rights and human rights in the Mediterranean strategy. I also warmly welcome the concrete action programme concerning the northern dimension. It may at last help to make a serious attempt to resolve the immense socio-economic problem that exists, for example, in north-west Russia. In that process we have to remember the issue of nuclear safety, which is a problem that affects us all."@en1
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