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"Mr President, the past week has been pivotal for the future of the Union. Firstly, agreement was reached on the European arrest warrant, a major, sensitive agreement which must be seen as an initial step, to be consolidated by a broader, further-reaching political and institutional project bringing further integration. In particular, at Laeken, we started to define that political and constitutional Europe in which we firmly believe. The idea that Europe might be condemned to being just a union of agriculture and trade or just a financial and monetary union is waning. We are, at last, entering a new phase: an exciting phase, a phase of laying foundations and further integration, in which we must establish European political unity while safeguarding national identities and diversities. The diversities unite us; they must not be seen as dividing the European peoples, for they have come to represent precious social and cultural assets. Europe’s strength stems, in actual fact, precisely from its ancient culture, from its diversities as well as its common roots.
In this sense, as a European and an Italian, I can only appreciate the work of the Italian Government at Laeken in enthusiastically upholding Parma’s application to be the site of the Food Authority. If we want the Europe we are building to be a Europe of excellence, quality and competitiveness in the area of quality, when it comes to the Food Authority, Parma is the natural, most suitable and most prestigious choice, precisely because of Italy’s longstanding gastronomic traditions: it has a tradition of culture and quality, professionalism and rigour, and a history of consolidated scientific excellence which is recognised the world over.
In promoting Parma’s application – energetically, moreover, as Italy did at Laeken – we are not trying to impose unnecessary vetoes or advancing nationalistic claims; rather, this is an attempt to allow the quality, capacity, skills and natural, genuine vocation of a territory to prevail over bureaucracy, sterile bureaucratic agreements and pre-established lists, rather than allowing the latter to prevail as has happened on countless occasions. The citizens do not want the site of the Food Authority to be purely administrative but to have proven experience and capacity in the field of food safety. I feel that Parma has that proven experience and capacity.
Finally, my heartfelt thanks go to the President, Mrs Fontaine, who, with great authority and courtesy, has steered the work of this House during this first part of our parliamentary term."@en1
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