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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I shall be very brief, as I see that there is very wide agreement on the need not only to strengthen our trans-Atlantic relationships, but also to resolve the differences that have recently become apparent, and build a strong relationship across the Atlantic. The idea of setting out a sort of programme, a list of economic and political priorities, strikes me as a useful one, and one on which work needs to be done, particularly in view of President Bush’s visit to Brussels. The idea of creating a transatlantic market place is not an entirely new one, but it must be gone into more deeply and thought through in a mature way. It is important in its own way, provided, of course, that it fits in with our concept of multilateralism.
Transatlantic dialogue therefore needs to be stepped up at every level, and the reason why I include your House in this is that, although power in America is in the hands of the administration, that is to say, the President, there is also an important centre of power within the Congress. I therefore think that it is very important to build up inter-parliamentary relations within the context of a renewed dialogue across the Atlantic.
Someone pointed out that we had had nothing to say about Canada. I would remind you that the Prime Minister and President of the Council made reference to Canada during his speech this morning. It cannot be denied that our relations with Canada are of crucial importance in the context of this trans-Atlantic dialogue, and so we treat them with the importance that they deserve, but the fact is that, today, we have focussed primarily on trans-Atlantic relations in respect of the United States, in view of what has happened, and in view, not least, of President Bush’s visit."@en1
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