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"Mr President, some believe that the debate on the future of Europe can be summarised in the development of the Community method, where the Commission has the monopoly on initiative, the Court of Justice has political power and interpretation, and the right to impose European law on one or more Member States is achieved by increasing majority decisions. This centralised vision of Europe in even more areas runs counter to the will of the people, who want to benefit from each other’s experience. The people of Ireland, which was the only nation to be consulted by referendum, were not mistaken in rejecting the Treaty of Nice. The Convention will be nothing more than a sham if it pursues the same objective without acknowledging that the Treaty of Nice is dead and buried.
Unfortunately, the objectives appear to remain fixed. The conclusions of the Laeken Summit welcome the progress made and the agreements reached on the liberalisation of the postal services, which will bring about a weakening of the social and territorial cohesion of our Member States. It is unacceptable to impose on everyone the choice made by some Member States to privatise and open up their public services to competition. This proposal is not likely to bring the people of Europe closer, nor is it a condition for peace on the continent. We must adopt the opposite approach; in other words, bring Europe closer to the people. In order to do this, we must listen to them and, once genuinely common concerns have been expressed, debate an appropriate common response."@en1
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