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"Last week’s political agreement on convening an Intergovernmental Conference and on the basic principles of the reform Treaty is a major compromise, but one that everyone can accept. The reform Treaty has got Europe back on track, and has averted a more serious and drawn-out crisis on the European scene.
The reform Treaty is essential if the European Union and its institutions are to be capable of acting, and it is indispensable in view of further enlargement. The principle of double majority in the decision-making process suitably balances and counterbalances the interests of the large and small countries. The European Parliament is the unquestionable winner in these reforms, since the expansion of its legislative scope places its political weight alongside that of the Council.
Those in support of the Constitutional Treaty cannot forget, however, that symbols are of enormous significance. Those in favour of integration were not seeking to create a European superstate, but wished to strengthen the common, or if you prefer, the supranational will in the legislative and decision-making process.
An example was set by the nine, among them Hungary, in representing the most important values in the constitution, including among others the retention of the Charter of Fundamental Rights and the safeguarding of minority rights.
The political storms that raged in the Council have, moreover, taught us the very important lesson that in the decisions of the 27-member European Union, there are times when the positions of the countries in the Central and Eastern European region can, on account of their still undigested historical past, be integrated only at the expense of serious compromises. It is precisely for this reason that the time has come for the Central and Eastern European Member States to begin, with the participation of Europe, to deal with their historical wounds. This is the only way to ensure that the politics of victimhood does not prevail in the region or in individual countries."@en1
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