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"Mr President, current events demonstrate that we need Europe now more than ever. We need Europe to protect us, and to initiate and drive forward an original social model. We need Europe to generate growth, to coordinate our economic policies and to combat unemployment. We need Europe to implement a genuine research and development policy, like the one pursued by the United States. We need Europe to protect and preserve our environment and, finally, we need a Europe that carries weight in the world, with military and civil European defence, and a genuine foreign policy. The world’s balance depends on Europe’s continued existence.
In order to address this enormous expectation we need more effective, more transparent and more democratic institutions. We need institutions that move away from a way of working that is all too often intergovernmental, whereby decisions are always taken without the citizens ever being involved. We need institutions that favour Community decision-making, because this is the only truly democratic method of decision-making. We also need strong institutions, enabling us to move towards a more integrated Europe, despite the timidity of the Heads of State or Government.
This is why we support both this excellent and well-written report and the draft Constitution. Even if it does not go as far as we would like, this Constitution is a symbolic and significant step towards a more unified, stronger and more democratic Europe. We owe that to our citizens."@en1
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