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"Mr President, Spain is assuming the Presidency of the European Union at an historic moment for European integration. Two major events have occurred. The people of Europe now have the euro in their pockets. This is an incredible success and we must rapidly construct the political Europe that they lack. The second major event was 11 September, which reminded us, as if this were necessary, of the nature of the new threats hanging over the world. The Spanish Presidency is facing these two challenges. By placing the fight against terrorism at the forefront of its programme, the Spanish Presidency is thus meeting the expectations of a Europe that must become an area of security and a constitutional State for all European citizens. All resources must be properly implemented at European level to strengthen the instruments of the constitutional State, such as the introduction of the European arrest warrant, the freezing of funds, the mutual recognition of judicial decisions and the development of Eurojust.
However, in order to meet the expectations of our fellow citizens, we have to face another challenge. We must bring about a strong, powerful, and therefore democratic, political Europe. The Spanish Presidency will be able to use the work of the Convention so that it can go ahead, at last, with the simplification of the treaties, with the task of clearly dividing up the competences between the European Union and Member States, but, above all, with rapidly bringing about the drafting of a European constitution.
On all of these issues, I know that the Spanish Presidency will press ahead with determination. The programme that was proposed to us today meets the challenges facing us. We know your vision, we know your determination, and that is why we have confidence in you."@en1
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