Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-12-12-Speech-2-107"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-12-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:European Council/ French Presidency (continuation)2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20001212.6.2-107"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-12-12-Speech-2-1082
lpv:speaker	lp:Alain Madelin2
lpv:spokenAs	member; ECON (1999-07-21--2001-06-13)3 unknown; Démocratie libérale (1999-07-20--2002-06-16)3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2002-06-16)3 member; Delegations to the parliamentary cooperation committees and delegations for relations with Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (1999-11-11--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Nice was, and should have been, a historic date, the kick-off for the new Europe, the Europe of the new century, the great Europe, the Europe of all the Europeans. And what a fine project, eleven years after the fall of the Berlin Wall! But for that, we would have needed vision, ambition, endurance, generosity of spirit, audacity. Alas, alas, alas! We have long known that the great Europe could not be introduced through the institutions of the little Europe. We know we should think about Europe differently and we know we need new institutions. But, without a vision of the future, without knowing how to ask the right questions, we ended up with dithering, horse-trading and, finally, tinkering in Nice. Before the Nice Summit the French Presidency was saying ‘better no agreement than a bad agreement’, and this morning, unless I misunderstood, we were in essence told ‘better a bad agreement than no agreement at all’. Certainly, the Nice agreement opens the way to membership for the candidate countries, but we are advancing down that road in the fog, foot on the brake, certain the European vehicle will not reach its destination in good shape. So let us forget about Nice now, and think about post-Nice –and you will forgive me if I pin my hopes on the plan for a grand convention advanced by Belgium for its Presidency, because the evidence is there, we must do something new, we must change the method, we must accelerate history: 2004 is too late, it is too far off, it is too dangerous. Yes, a grand convention including the European institutions, the governments, the parliaments of the Member States and the candidate countries which absolutely must be associated with this common house. That is my hope."@en1

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