Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-12-18-Speech-1-040"
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"Presidents of the three institutions, I am going to concentrate solely on the re-launch of the constitutional process.
A few days ago I sent you a document which, as the Finnish Presidency has said, shows that the package cannot be reopened, which is a good thing.
On the other hand, if the dossier has to be clarified as the Heads of State have said, that clarification must be concerned with what is constitutional and what is not; that will be a much more complicated exercise than simply separating the first and second parts from the rest.
The third aspect of what I propose relates to the means of validating this ‘thing’. It will have to be put before the European citizens again, and why not do it transnationally, as Parliament says, holding a referendum everywhere on the same day.
Finally, whatever the text looks like, it must be allowed to develop, subject to the votes of a super-qualified majority, a double super-qualified majority, 80 or 90% perhaps, of the Member States and parliaments, but certainly not 100%. Populations and future generations cannot be taken hostage.
I think that is a basis on which things can develop in the days ahead. They will move very quickly. On 26 January, the ‘yes’ countries will be meeting in Madrid. Ten days later, the ‘no’ countries, acknowledged or presumed, will be meeting in Luxembourg.
For pity’s sake, do all you can to get these things moving."@en1
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