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"Mr President, Commissioner Verheugen, I note that I was not really given an answer to the question asked because it was of a hypothetical and speculative nature. At the same time, it is, anyway, surely the case that those who think in political terms must always think of different possible scenarios. We are not, moreover, concerned here with the distant future but with something that will take place quite soon and that will have a major effect on the development of Europe as a whole. It therefore surprises me that the Commission really is not thinking rather more about alternative courses and reflecting upon what might happen if the Irish people were to vote ‘no’ once again. I am certain that the Commission must be thinking along such lines.
I also believe that this is a question of practical importance. If the Irish people vote ‘no’, that cannot be allowed to be decisive for the whole EU. There must be a practical solution. In my question, I pointed out that Finland, Sweden and Austria in actual fact negotiated their way to a practical solution to the problems
these countries were Member States. The same method could no doubt be adopted with the new candidate countries. Might that not after all be a possibility, legally and practically?"@en1
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