Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-01-17-Speech-3-060"

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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.20070117.3.3-060"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2007-01-17-Speech-3-0612
lpv:speaker	lp:Bernard Poignant2
lpv:spokenAs	member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Parti socialiste (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; REGI (2007-01-15--2007-01-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2006-06-07--2009-07-13)3 substitute; CONT (2007-01-15--2007-01-30)3 member; PECH (2007-01-15--2007-01-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Mrs Merkel, in order to reconcile our two nations with others, we struck a deal: a peace treaty. When your nation reunified, we created a currency: the currency of confidence. When the nations of Europe came together, we drafted a Constitution: a welcome treaty. And it is here that we have come to a standstill. Everything rests on you, Portugal, Slovenia and France: this matter needs to be settled in the next two years. Allow me to express a few ideas. As far as the word ‘constitution’ is concerned, do not dig your heels in; this is an issue that angers people: there are countries that do not have one and there are countries that have had too many of them. As regards the preamble, do not meddle with it too much, because people are going to argue in the good Lord’s name, and, having consulted him, ‘He’ believes it to be a very good preamble: do not change a word of it. As regards the institutions, keep the bloc, keep the core and leave it at that. As regards the charter, make it a rule of law. Our British friends may not be too fond of that idea. Perhaps we ought to give them a little time. You know full well that they always come round after a while. Let us be patient. As for the third part, let us take what is new from the social clause for public services and let us ratify more or less at the same time. You do not have a right to referendums; we are obsessed with holding referendums, as you well know. Be that as it may, let us ratify more or less at the same time. As regards the revision, be more flexible and heed Jean Monnet’s advice: ‘Nothing is possible without men; nothing is lasting without institutions’."@en1

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