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"(Mr President, thank you for the opportunity to say a few words on the Irish presidency. Before I make my comments I would like to wish the Irish Government well in their application to have Irish recognised as an official working language in the EU. For all nations, but perhaps smaller nations in particular, cultural identity is very important. We can all be true Europeans and yet fully retain our cultural identity and language is a vital part of this.)
So, moving on from language to what I consider to have been a very successful Irish presidency, I want to congratulate the Taoiseach, his ministers, and in particular Minister Cowen and Minister Roche, who is with the Taoiseach here today. I also congratulate Ambassador Anderson and the Irish civil service.
The major achievement of the Irish presidency was to secure agreement on a Treaty that establishes a Constitution for Europe but, allied to this, a key priority was to communicate Europe better to its citizens. Therein lies the opportunity and the danger: the opportunity to engage citizens from all of the 25 countries in the European project, but equally the danger of failing to achieve that objective. While politicians must lead, that leadership must be accompanied by the involvement of citizens and the promotion of civil society. Otherwise, as a famous poet from my own city of Sligo, W.B. Yeats, once wrote: 'The centre cannot hold'. For us and for Europe the centre must hold, because the very future of the European Union depends on our efforts to involve our citizens and to communicate our positive vision for Europe."@en1
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"A Uachtaráin, is a cairde, gabhaim buichos libh as an deis seo cupla focal a rá ar an uachtaranacht Eireannach agus sula dtéim nios fuide, ba mhaith liom a rá seo, go n-eirigh go geall léis an iarratais an Gaeilge a aithint mar theanga oifigúil san Aontas Eorpach."1
"Do gach tír ach go hairithe do na miontiortha is rud an tabhachtach í an fhéin - iulach culturtha. Is feidir linn bheith in ár bhfior Eorpaigh ach ag an am cheanna, tuigimid gur cuid riach tanach dar bhféiniulacht í ar dteanga."1
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