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"Mr President, Mr President-in-Office of the Council, Mr President of the Commission, two golden rules have emerged from Mr Berlusconi’s speech: continuity in foreign policy and security, and a call for judgment based on the facts. The approach of negotiation announced by Mr Berlusconi is the approach of wisdom and true hard work, the approach that Europe needs in everyone’s interests. The facts speak for themselves: Europe is at an historic turning-point, it is about to give itself a constitution, but the draft presented has received general acceptance which for the time being, however, has glossed over the objections of several governments, and these objections will surface at the Intergovernmental Conference. Negotiation will be the only means of reaching a positive conclusion.
In foreign policy there are four objectives: the Middle East peace process; restoring the transatlantic relationship, which has been damaged by the Iraqi crisis; launching new operations in the Balkans run by European forces under the European flag; and lastly the dialogue with the southern Mediterranean countries, which is one of the strong points in the line of action of the European Commission, under the excellent leadership of Romano Prodi. In these cases too, the negotiation you have indicated, Mr President-in-Office, will be decisive. Since your first appearance in this House, you needed to clarify not only the priorities of the Italian Presidency but also the methods it intended to use, and you have done so clearly, coherently and with a sense of true democracy, especially when you announced greater involvement for the European Parliament.
Finally, we appreciate the commitment to boost the Union’s economy and define the future of the common agricultural policy, and highlight your spirit of collaboration on thorny problems like immigration and the security policy.
I should like to end by expressing my pride as an Italian Member of this Parliament – a feeling that any other European Member would feel in these circumstances – at taking part in a founding action of the European Union, a Union which is today led by two Italian representatives, Silvio Berlusconi and Romano Prodi. We are certain they will not disappoint us but will, instead, prove worthy of Italy’s history and the creation of the Community. Mr Berlusconi, your Presidency will be successful, despite the Italian and European malcontents who rant and rail today, and you will have the full support of the Christian Democrat group in this Parliament. I wish you success, as this will be the success of Europe!"@en1
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