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"Mr President, I am delighted to be able to take the floor today, on a very special day, when you are presiding over the House, and you are aware of the great admiration and brotherly friendship I feel towards you.
I am also delighted to have heard the speech by Mrs Merkel, particularly the first part of it. I believe that a political leader is someone whose political action is guided by their vision, and today we have seen a lot of that vision, and that is necessary, Mrs Merkel, because in Europe today there are too many accountants, too many prophets of doom, too many people who complain about everything, and I believe that we need a little vision, founded upon values and principles, in order to restore our dream. I therefore congratulate you.
I also congratulate you on having made the Constitutional Treaty the German Presidency’s priority from the outset. President Barroso has explained why the Constitutional Treaty is better than the existing Treaties very well. That is a reality that nobody denies. If we compare what we have to the Constitutional Treaty, the Constitutional Treaty comes out infinitely better.
There is, however, also a psychological reason: many Europeans believe that Europe will be in crisis until the constitutional issue is resolved, and therefore, in order to put an end to this interminable crisis, we must find a response.
I do not believe, Mrs Merkel, that this is the day to give us the key aspects of the response. That is not possible. We still have much talking to do. But you have said something. You have said: ‘I want the European Commission and the European Parliament to be consulted’. I would like to say to you that, in my view, consultation is not enough. The European Commission and the European Parliament must take part in the solution. They must participate because history shows that governments essentially put national interests first and the interests of everybody else second, and the Commission and Parliament, which are European institutions, institutions for everybody, have a more general vision.
We therefore need ambition, Mrs Merkel, if only to comply with the words of Schiller, ‘
[God helps the brave]’"@en1
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"den Mutigen hilft Gott"1
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