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Mr President, first of all I would like to join all those who have expressed their sincere admiration and gratitude to Jean-Claude Juncker, Minister Schmit and their team for their engagement, the passion and what I would like to call the sense of Europe that they have demonstrated. We often talk about the sense of State in relation to great statesmen and women, but it is high time to introduce the concept of a sense of Europe, and this is what Mr Juncker especially has shown throughout the Luxembourg presidency. I would like to add that we also greatly appreciate the transparency and openness that you have introduced, Mr Juncker.
The Commission will accept its responsibility and we will also immediately start to work on the ‘strategic roadmap’, which will hopefully provide some more of the responses to the very basic questions that I mentioned before.
We will, more than ever, need the input, cooperation and support of this House and all of those, who like Mr Juncker, have developed the sense of Europe and are ready to respond to his very solemn invitation.
Of course, we should also highlight the successes that you have been able to achieve in a highly difficult political context. However, this debate on the Luxembourg presidency has turned into a debate on the European crisis. The most significant expression of this crisis is perhaps the feeling of confusion that we now perceive among the public and in the very basic questions that citizens have started to ask. What will happen to the Constitution? What does it mean if we cannot have a constitution in the end? How will this affect enlargement? Has it already started to affect enlargement? In the different regions of Europe, they have already started to ask very basic questions about the budget. What will happen? Will we get our money? What happens to all our projects?
May I just say to Mr Harbour and others that we should not underestimate the citizens of Europe. Throughout Europe they know that Europe is not only about a market. It is also about quality of life and they expect the European Union to deliver and to establish policies which affect their quality of life, the environment and all the other issues that are so important for our everyday lives. These are the questions that European citizens will continue to put to all our institutions and it is our joint responsibility to provide the answers, as far as we can.
The European Union is a unique creation. It works on the basis of this very constructive, or hopefully constructive, interaction of the ‘institutional triangle’. However, the outcome of the European Council this weekend seems to show that one of the corners is somehow broken. That puts a bigger responsibility on the other two corners, the Commission and Parliament, but in this debate I have seen that there is a willingness and determination to work together.
Mr Juncker referred to the institutional maturity that the Parliament has shown. We have seen this, for example, on the occasion of the recent Parliament resolution on the financial perspective. As President Barroso said earlier, the Commission stands ready to assist the incoming presidency to find an agreement on the future financial perspectives. We however have to bear in mind three crucial points.
First, we need the resources to implement those policies on which the citizens expect the Union to deliver, and we need the budget for that. A deal that does not secure those resources will not allow us to bridge the gap between citizens and Europe. Second, this House must accept the agreement.
Third, it must meet the legitimate needs of the new Member States who have shown their constructive attitude during the summit meeting.
The main challenge for the months to come is the launch of a real dialogue on the future of Europe. The European Council has called for that dialogue in which the Commission is also invited to play a central role.
We will of course give shape to what we call Plan D: debate, dialogue and democracy. We will work with the other institutions and we will try to mobilise the necessary resources for this."@en1
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"Courage, les Européens!"1
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