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"Mr President, I do not intend to follow Mr Kohlíček’s example and discuss illiteracy in the USA, or to dwell on the fact that America has a dubious track record on certain issues. Instead, what I want to say is that Europe and America belong to the same family. Members of the same family often have differing opinions, but a family should always put up a united front. Our opinions on Iraq may well differ, and indeed they do, but in strategic terms we are allies.
Hysterical anti-Americanism is not in Europe’s interest, and it is not in the interest of the USA to treat Europe like a younger brother. There are two tasks facing us today that we must tackle together. The first of these is the fight against terrorism, and the second is the peaceful resolution of the Middle East conflict. We must not forget that Asia is gaining ever more importance as a political and economic power in the shadow of the bizarre rivalry between America and Europe, and the conclusions we should draw from this are as follows. Instead of waging a nonsensical economic war, what is needed is close cooperation. We may well have grounds for complaint about the USA’s economic perfectionism, but we should still be more flexible on economic issues.
We should never forget the other continents are happiest when they see us fighting. I believe that the new EU Member States, and in particular my own country, Poland, will know exactly what I mean."@en1
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