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"Mr President, Mr President-in-Office of the Council, we have little time, and so I will not go into the reunification of Europe, in respect of which, Mr President-in-Office of the Council, you quite rightly indicated that confidence is the key word, although it is not because it is necessary that it is adequate, but I am sure you do not need me to tell you that. I will also refrain from saying anything about the composition of the new Commission, even though I hope that, together with the Commission’s new president-designate, you will, in tandem, strive to form a strong team, and will also succeed in doing so. Needless to say, that should be a strong team of men and women. Neither will I say anything about the Constitution, the ratification of which, I do of course hope, along with many fellow Members here, will really be brought on track. I would like to sketch out three other points.
First of all, the financial perspectives. In Flanders, we have a saying ‘de gierigheid bedriegt de wijsheid’ – penny-wise, pound-foolish. There is a lot of truth in that, and I am convinced that people north of the border, and even in the north of Holland, will understand this.
Secondly, the Lisbon objective. It is important for everyone, including Member States, citizens, trade unions and NGOs, to be convinced that the efforts required to achieve these objectives are actually quite small compared to the risks for the future generation of our possibly doing nothing quite comfortably. Mr President-in-Office of the Council, you are convinced of this, and I hope that you can propagate this conviction during your Presidency of the EU.
Thirdly and lastly, I should like to say a few words about the service directive. Needless to say, barriers to the free movement of services in the internal market should disappear. That does not mean, however, that everything has to be thrown out, that all protective and corrective measures have to be done away with. In my view, at least part of this service sector is socially too delicate for such action. Mr President, your workload is considerable. I hope that you can achieve your ambition. Europe needs this. You can count on our constructive attitude and I wish you every success."@en1
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