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"Thank you, Mr President. I wish the Luxembourg presidency every success. It will be in the interests of us all. You are the second country to hold the presidency of the enlarged twenty-five. You are a founding state of the European Union and you are also an example of how a small country can set the tempo and dictate the conditions to the big countries. The President of the European Commission, Mr Barroso, drew attention in his speech today to the increased financial pressure on the new Member States, referring to the backward regions. I should like to point out that these ten Member States also have great wealth. Many of these regions have been deprived of tens and hundreds of young ambitious people, scientists, doctors, who have left in the last fifteen years for the old Europe and they are contributing to their successful economies. I should like to point out to the Luxembourg presidency that we do not wish to be just the recipients of charity. I see this as an opportunity for you actively to involve the new ten. Following ratification of the Constitutional Treaty, Europe will build new institutions. I invite you to take steps to ensure that the east of the European Union is given the right to host an important European institution. I am convinced that this idea could be a success. Evidence of this faith is the fact that the Bush – Putin meeting is to take place in my little country, Slovakia."@en1
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