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"Mr President, it was as if Europe was drowsing. Its one dream seemed to be comfort and peace. Suddenly the shock of the brutal terrorist attacks in New York profoundly shook its confidence and its hedonism. Europe suddenly felt vulnerable and unprepared. After all, its hard-won fundamental freedoms were being threatened by mysterious terrorist networks, which nonetheless appeared to be dominated by Islamist religious proselytism. This violent and anti-modernist proselytism is anti-Western by definition. However, this does not authorise cultural cretinism and historic ignorance leading to an abusive fusion between Islam and the aberrant, irrational and sectarian assertions of the perpetrators of the attacks.
It was not only the United States, the target of these sinister attacks, which was put to the test. Europe was also put to the test and the European Union has to do some deep soul-searching. In the immediate aftermath, still in shock, the European Union proved equal to the occasion at the Brussels Summit. It was fast, clear and precise in its emergency responses. But, now what? Europe cannot in future act in such a spontaneous, opportunistic and superficial way. Europe cannot be a plaything of destiny, a destiny plotted by others. What has been established in Ghent and Laeken is that Europe should completely rethink its project and its role in light of the new world order and adopt a clear guideline for the troubled times ahead. Without becoming unduly pessimistic about the human condition, Europe must be less ingenuous in the face of the dangers that will arise in the future. Europe must unite more strongly on the economic level, the political level, the military level and in its internal security. That is obvious. But how is it to do so? What are its priorities beyond fighting relentlessly against terrorism? What are the new aims of the European project? Will enlargement continue to take place on the same terms? Will it not be necessary, from now on, to speed up the accession of, for example, Turkey to the European Union? Will it not be the most elementary common sense to give absolute priority to the strategy for the Mediterranean and provide new impetus to partnerships with the Muslim countries?"@en1
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