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My thanks to the Italian Presidency and to Mr Antonione, who, in my opinion, has explained in a perfectly balanced, commendable way the arguments and positions that we must uphold at the major meeting in Brussels. Suffice it to say that I wish him every success in defending these arguments and also call on him not to dismiss any of the issues which have been set to one side for the moment. I refer, for example, to the matter of the Legislative Council. This is one of the issues which has suddenly disappeared from sight despite the fact that so much energy and thought was given to it in the institutional framework. The problem is that when part of this framework is changed the whole framework is affected as a result.
I will reply briefly to Mr De Rossa. I am not in the habit of withdrawing my statements because I usually consider them at length before making them. To the journalist of the Irish Times, who made great play of taking these statements out of context, I said that if a country says ‘no, no, no, no’, and I said ‘no’ four times, it must be recognised that it is not right for that country to be able to paralyse the Union permanently. I think this is a position which is universally shared. I added that the instruments do not exist at the moment but the problem cannot be avoided in future. It is pointless for us to hide it. I said the instruments do not exist but the problem does. The problem, I added, is not a current problem, but there is no escaping this question.
I believe it is important for the Commission President to raise these matters – even if they are not a current problem – since they constitute a problem which concerns all of us. There is no point in continually running away from problems because, if we do so, we will never succeed in resolving them."@en1
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