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"We live in a very peculiar time in the history of the united Europe. Even though it is very difficult to divide the recent past into sections, we witnessed, organised and became part of such events that clearly allow us to draw the conclusion and declare that we have entered into a new era. Today, the united Europe consists of 25 Member States, and we know that expansion is still in progress. The united Europe’s new face shows more and more defined characteristics and in order to maintain and preserve these traits, we now have a Constitution, which is the topic of today’s presentation.
The Constitution proves that the united Europe will be able to meet the legal requirements of the expansion as well. This Constitution allows for more opportunities to make Europe become the Europe of its citizens. The role of Parliament, whose Members are appointed by direct election, has grown, and we believe that the decisions made by the European Parliament and the national parliaments should and will be built upon each other. Thus, the range of norms that pertains to the whole of the Community may extend in the long run, especially in the area of social issues.
Hungary had already ratified the Constitution at the end of last year. However, this document that is on the agenda today is very important to us as well. There have been concerns that information has been suspiciously withheld. I firmly believe that we do not withhold information and we do not have any secrets, we have nothing to hide. It seems as if we have to force information on the European political systems and citizens of Europe. It requires certain knowledge to be a European citizen and to be democratic. In the so-called Lisbon process, we need to be familiar with the norms of the Constitution, its social norms and also know that norms require more and more guarantees in order to build a social Europe, strengthen solidarity and secure social tolerance.
The Constitution is our basic law, but as many have said before, it is not a final document set in stone. Let me mention two areas that reflect our future challenges. Firstly, the challenge of a multicultural Europe. What I mean by this is not the question of Islam, but the challenge that our Europe is religious and secular. Secondly, the question of minority issues. During the ratification debate, the Hungarian parliament urged that minority rights should be strengthened in community legislation. I believe that our common European citizenship is the key to overcoming discrimination and the insecurity of national identity. Let us take advantage of the opportunities provided by European citizenship!"@en1
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