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"If it were only up to the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance, the draft Constitution would be much more ambitious than the one presented to us. It would enable us to give substance to the political, social and ecological Europe that we champion. It would be a project with unambiguous and definite objectives and not include this third part that, in merely echoing the earlier treaties, is an obstacle to an ambitious global project for Europe. In spite of its imperfections, I shall however vote, and call upon others to vote, in favour of this Constitutional Treaty, for it would be an aberration and a major political error to throw in one’s lot with those opposed to the Constitution, on the pretext that the final wording is not commensurate with what is at stake.
We need Europe, even an imperfect Europe, more than ever.
With a Constitution, we shall succeed in launching this peace-oriented Europe, the bearer of common values such as human rights and democracy. It is by taking this major step that Europeans will feel united in a genuine common project. It is a militant ‘yes’ that I shall stand up for in voting on the Corbett report.
Not to rise to this historic occasion would be to deny our own work as builders of Europe and would, for some considerable time, inhibit what we wish to see, namely the ambitious development of European integration …"@en1
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