Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-01-17-Speech-3-057"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2007-01-17"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Programme of the German presidency (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20070117.3.3-057"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2007-01-17-Speech-3-0582
lpv:speaker	lp:Margie Sudre2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (2004-09-16--2007-03-13)3 member; PECH (2007-01-15--2007-01-30)3 member; REGI (2007-01-15--2007-01-30)3 unknown; Union pour un Mouvement Populaire (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2004-08-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-10-14--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Mrs Merkel, Mr Barroso, ladies and gentlemen, in a few weeks’ time in Berlin, we are going to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome, which arose out of the Franco-German reconciliation and which at the time required boldness, courage, desire and clear-sightedness on the part of the politicians of the founding countries. It is these same qualities that the people of Europe expect from you, Mrs Merkel, when it comes to outlining our future prospects. As you said, as far as the Constitutional Treaty is concerned, the time for reflection has passed, the time for negotiation has come and soon will come the time for decision making. Rest assured that you will have all the support you could wish for from our group when it comes to overcoming the current difficulties. Our priority is to find a solution that enables Europe to make effective decisions, a solution that respects the people who endorsed the Constitution, those who rejected it, and also those who have not yet expressed an opinion on it. An institutional reform that is focused on improvements on which there is consensus strikes me as being a beneficial option in the short term. It would enable the Union to make progress on a number of significant issues and thus to restore the citizens’ faith in their institutions. It is a matter of responding in a precise manner to the expectations and concerns of our fellow citizens faced with the major challenges of our times: the means of acquiring economic, industrial and scientific power, demographics, co-development, the management of migratory flows, energy security and climate change, food security, the preservation of our social models and also the dialogue between cultures and religions, integration and the rise in power of China, India and a great many other emerging countries. The key to all of these issues, Mrs Merkel, is political will. We know that you have this will. We, on our side, need to do our duty and influence the political leaders of our countries so that they follow you along this road. I wish your Presidency every success."@en1

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