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"Mr President, I have brought a cube with me, which shows the flag of the European Union – the 12 stars. It was manufactured in Germany, invented by a Hungarian and consists of 27 pieces. I have brought it just to remind us how difficult this Treaty is to put together. Just like the cube, it should bear the symbols, it should have a message and be a keystone and a foundation for our joint European building, but, at the same time, it is made up of 27 pieces. So this is how I congratulate the German Presidency on putting these 27 pieces together again, because there are big and small pieces – not every piece is the same. This cube is not always so beautiful, because you can see the division lines. However, from now on this could be kept as a good foundation stone.
I should like to add that the word ‘fragile’ should be written on its box. All of us in the European Parliament and in the Council have to take great care to keep this cube together. I am very happy that Europe is finally trying to swallow what it could not swallow for several years. In that sense, it makes Europe stronger, because we all need something that could be a foundation stone. We need a common foreign policy, and joint action on fighting climate change and on guaranteeing human rights and minority rights without double standards. From that point of view, I really appreciate that a reference to minorities has not been omitted from the reform Treaty. However, I also deplore the missing elements, especially the reference that people wanted to leave out of the Treaty – the symbols of the European Union, the stars, the flags – or any reference to Christianity. This should not be done.
Let us keep this cube together, and we must be careful because it is fragile."@en1
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