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European cooperation can be useful in solving cross-border problems. What could be more natural, therefore, than cooperation between neighbouring states, such as the cooperation which existed before the founding of the European Union in the form of the Benelux counties and the cooperation between the Nordic states? Such cooperation between neighbours is often preferential to expensive, impenetrable EU structures which are also difficult for the electorate to influence. Not one single EU rule should stand in the way of far-reaching cooperation, subject this to conditions or require that others join in. That is why I am in favour of a minimum number of rules and limitations affecting reinforced cooperation between neighbours, as long as such cooperation is not intended to disadvantage third parties. In practice, we can already see Euro countries and non-Euro countries emerging within the EU. They are not leader groups but reflect a diversity which, with 30 Member States, will only increase. That is why it is better to take inter-parliamentary cooperation and the right to diversity as a guiding principle throughout the EU: the Commission submits proposals, Parliament makes the final decision and national parliaments decide whether the Member States endorse that decision."@en1
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