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"Mr President, Mr President of the Commission, ladies and gentlemen, I really must say that we have become extremely modest when evaluating the results of meetings of Heads of State or Government. We would enjoy much greater confidence and more credibility among the citizens if the actions by the governments of the Member States were more consistently in line with the decisions taken. At the moment, we spend our time at summits correcting decisions instead of complying and pushing ahead with what has been agreed. The President-in-Office is probably the only person who even brings about joint resolutions at this stage. We are delighted about any type of agreement, because otherwise failure threatens.
Please, take a brief look back with me. For me the problem before us lies in the contradiction between the European Treaties and political action.
Take the Stability and Growth Pact: we beg for compliance, we deny any weakening, but infringements and margins for interpretation are increasing. Blocking measures are organised and the Commission is hampered in its ability to intervene and impose sanctions.
Croatia: we decide that negotiations with Croatia will begin on 17 March but we postpone the negotiation process, even though the conditions are being complied with.
Financial perspectives: we want agreement with the Luxembourg Presidency, but we receive no signals that anything has changed in the 1% stand towards the Commission proposal.
Bulgaria and Romania: a Commission progress report is available, clearly showing which points of the conditions have not yet been met, but there is a date for signing the Treaties. Parliament is being asked to give its assent, but at the same time Parliament's rights were ignored on Monday.
Lisbon: we want the internal market and hence also an internal market in services, but some of us are misleading the citizens, by reducing the services directive to the country of origin principle.
I appeal to all of us, but above all to the Member States: we must become more accountable again, we must win confidence in decisions and we must abide by the rules which we set ourselves. We need fewer corrections to what already exists; instead, we need more serious compliance with decisions by Heads of State or Government, the Treaties and directives."@en1
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