Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-05-22-Speech-2-222"
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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, there was a slogan in 1968: ‘Be realistic. Demand the impossible.’ Today we would have to say, ‘Be realistic. Demand what is necessary in order not to sink this European project of which you are all the temporary custodians.’ If in 2009 the European Parliament were to present itself for re-election without a convincing institutional reply, Europe as a whole would be faced with an irreparable crisis of legitimacy, while, in fact, citizens ought to be able today to choose on the basis of a clear model such as you have set out.
Parliament has given its views on this issue on many occasions and it is now the Council’s turn to speak. Prime Minister Prodi knows that today he represents not only his own country but all those Europhiles who have not given up on greater integration.
In conclusion, I would like to remind you of one thing: those who do not agree today should withdraw; the others can go forward freely. Let us remember that Europe was created by a leading group of countries but it is not necessarily true that tomorrow it can be relaunched using the same method."@en1
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