Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-07-04-Speech-2-087"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-07-04"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Statement by Presidency-in-Office of Council – Action programme of French presidency2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000704.3.2-087"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-07-04-Speech-2-0882
lpv:speaker	lp:François Bayrou2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Union pour la démocratie française (1999-07-20--2002-06-16)3 substitute; BUDG (1999-09-01--2002-01-14)3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2002-06-16)3 member; AFCO (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, we are delighted with what Mr Chirac, the President-in-Office of the Council, has said at a time when we have the strong feeling that there is a deep crisis in Europe and when we would like to know where we stand. I should like to discuss the three factors which I think are at the root of the crisis in Europe today. The first is a profound questioning of all the institutional players in Europe; the second factor is the distance and the lack of understanding that separate the general public from the European institutions, and the third factor, which is the key to the first two, is a loss of perspective. For a long time, we in Europe felt that we knew where we were going. This is no longer the case. That is why many of us welcomed the speech made by the President of the French Republic to the Reichstag, particularly his decision to declare the European Constitution to be the key to all future mechanisms for change. Today, he has chosen not to use the same words. Many of us regret this because we feel that his statement that the ideas he expressed in the Reichstag went beyond the French Presidency of the Union, represents a fresh approach. We feel instead that the issue of Europe’s prospects, the issue of the architecture of a new Europe and the issue of the future European Constitution belong right at the heart of the French Presidency of the Union. These are not secondary or incidental issues, to be addressed at a later date; they should be addressed as a matter of priority and are at the heart of the discussions that we will be holding. If we are unable to respond to the issue of Europe’s prospects, we will not be able to respond to the technical issues that face us. This would be a missed opportunity for us. I shall sum this up in one sentence: work on the Constitution and therefore on Europe’s prospects must be clearly launched during the French Presidency. It must be launched at Nice."@en1

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