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"Thank you, Mr President, for having shared with us your beliefs and your ambitions. You have delivered a speech stamped both with idealism and with resolute realism. It is a speech which, I can say in all sincerity, has provided us with a source of encouragement and optimism. You have outlined, in an admirable fashion, the major challenges facing Europe today – institutional reform, control of the economy, the issues of defence and enlargement – and I have noted that you view these as a political imperative, but also as an ethical imperative. Your intervention is also an act of faith in Europe, and one that you propose anchoring in our civil society. You have stated that you want the Charter of Fundamental Rights to become the first part of a Constitution, and it cannot have escaped you that this idea tallies with the wishes and will of a large part of this House. You have reminded us of the responsibility that Europe has, within the international community, for establishing values in the fields of democracy and human rights, and of the dramatic events in the Middle East. The events in Yugoslavia, which give cause for hope but which are also at a highly critical stage, are also being followed by this House as closely as you would expect. We are aware, it is true, that much is expected of Europe and of the European Parliament. We were particularly conscious of this, Mr President, last September, when we welcomed the Speaker of the Knesset and the Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council, who came here together, to this very rostrum, to deliver a message brimming with peace and hope. Finally, you have demonstrated your confidence – and I would thank you for this – in the role played by the European Parliament and in the cooperation between our institutions, and more especially between the European Parliament and the Commission. The way in which this House received the very powerful speech made by Mr Prodi yesterday showed not only that this cooperation is harmonious, but also that we have shared ambitions for the future of Europe. You can rely on our institutions to bring their full weight to bear to reach solutions which are commensurate to the challenges we face."@en1
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