Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-05-22-Speech-2-210"
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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Mr Tajani is putting forward arguments that have nothing to do with today’s discussion, while we have on the other hand heard clear, strong and determined words from Prime Minister Prodi, which put Italy at the head of European integration and give more strength to the European Parliament, which is always in the forefront of the battle for constitutional reform of the Union.
These words were very clear on a crucial point: we must start again from the draft Constitution ratified by the 18 countries, and not from Nice. We need to give a fixed mandate, not an open-ended one, to the Intergovernmental Conference. We cannot dismiss a draft Constitution that has been accepted by the vast majority of citizens and that gives precise answers, not vagueness, Mrs Muscardini! Mr Prodi listed these precise answers in his introduction and in his reply.
Without a Constitution, my dear Mr Wurtz, the European Union is weaker and the risk of it deteriorating into a mere free trade area is greater. That is why sometimes I do not understand certain very radical positions taken by the left! The speech given by Prime Minister Prodi has given Parliament and all of us more courage and strength, and we will go through the next stage with greater determination and tenacity."@en1
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