Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-05-22-Speech-2-227"
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"The critics of the European Union very often charge the European Union with being too strong and with intervening in too many things. It is my conviction that exactly the opposite is true. We, who recently joined the European Union, see that a stronger, more effective Europe is needed, a Europe which has at its disposal the tools for fulfilling its tasks. For this purpose we need a common energy policy, a common migration policy, a common struggle against terrorism and harmonisation of environmental protection.
We need all this in order to defend the four fundamental freedoms of the European Union as well as to gain citizens’ support for all of these goals. Many look upon this constitution as if it were the end in itself. In reality we need to sort things out, and the Constitutional Treaty is in fact nothing but an instrument for realising these objectives.
We will be able to regain the support of the citizens of Europe for the constitutional project if Europe is able to achieve these common goals. In order to do so, of course, it is also very important for us openly to recognise Europe’s common roots based on Christianity, and for this to be mentioned in the European constitution. It is important for us to acknowledge Europe’s common values in terms of rights and freedoms, in terms of the defence of minority rights. We need to gain the support of Europe’s citizens for this constitutional treaty, albeit not as a final goal but as an instrument with which we, together, can reach the goals set out fifty years ago."@en1
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