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"Mr President, as a Euro-enthusiast and a Catalan I should be very disappointed by this draft Constitution. Despite the efforts of my fellow Member from Scotland, Mr Neil MacCormick, those of us Parliament terms regionalists did not succeed in having our demands accepted. Our demands were a model of moderation. We wanted to be able to participate at a European level as far as our legislative competencies permitted. We wanted the right to submit cases to European jurisdiction to defend the latter. We wanted equal language rights and we wanted internal enlargement to be an option. For the most part, the Convention kept to the philosophy of the Treaty of Westphalia and the concept of the nation state.
As a Euro-enthusiast and a Catalan, I should be very disappointed, and yet I am not. I am not disappointed because my fellow countrymen from Salses to Guadamar, from Fraga to Maó, have already come to the logical conclusion. The State of Catalonia must be re-established if we are to be able to contribute fully to Europe. Ladies and gentlemen, I assure you that the process of enlargement will not stop at the Balkans. The day will soon come when my country, having regained its liberty and dignity, will be knocking on this door. You will not refuse us entry. As you well know, we have been Europeans ever since the days of Charlemagne."@en1
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