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"Mr President, the majority of the reforms required can be carried out without the new treaty. One example is the agenda of the forthcoming European Council meeting, which will address the extension of the Schengen area, the issue of rendering the debates of the Council more transparent, the negotiations on European Union enlargement and the reform of external policies.
Let us not make the Treaty of Nice unpalatable to Europeans, as it is all we have today. We not only need to reflect on the new treaty, but also on the political will of Member States and their citizens in relation to carrying out common tasks. The problem is not the lack of a new treaty but the lack of shared beliefs concerning the future. We announce better legislation and yet we are adopting a Services Directive that is so vague that the European Court of Justice is rubbing its hands with glee at the prospect of the ensuing cases which will give it even more power.
We announce common interests in energy matters, yet on a daily basis we are conducting an utterly selfish energy policy. We announce investment in research, yet the European Technology Institute is withering away before our eyes, ripped apart as a result of national self-interest. We claim to espouse the principle of subsidiarity, yet we are funding a framework research programme which will be cofinanced by all European taxpayers, even though some of the research concerned is illegal in many Member States.
These are real splits which, if we wish Europe well, are regrettable. These are splits which place larger question marks over the state of the European project than the demise of one or other treaty."@en1
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