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"Mr President, there are those in this Parliament who take a very negative view of the Nice Conference and I am one of them. I have signed a written resolution – and I hope it will collect as many signatures as possible – stating that Parliament considers the Treaty of Nice a backward step for the European institutions. However, the deed is done and, at this point, we need to look forwards and try to ensure that Parliament and the European institutions march towards the goal of a constitution, no longer handed down from on high but built from below. I believe in that, and I also believe that it is a great goal, which does not eliminate the nation states but unites the peoples of Europe, as it is and as it will be, in a greater dream. That seemed to be the path before us, but there is no point in ignoring new developments. The French Prime Minister, Mr Jospin, has, in recent days, been making statements to the contrary. The French government’s statements make no reference or allusion to progress via a European convention towards a European constitution. If I have understood them correctly, those statements – but that is how they have been interpreted – are saying the exact opposite. This is a huge new political fact which cannot be disregarded. I hope France is not going to maintain this position in the future. I also hope the President of the Republic, who has the power to intervene, will correct this approach, but if the Seguro resolution is passed tomorrow – and I would have liked to make it even stronger – we have to recognise that it is a proposal contradicting the recent statements by Mr Jospin and the French government. I hope Parliament and the Commission will be true to the outcome of tomorrow's vote."@en1

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