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"Mr President, as has emerged from the previous debate, there is a huge amount at stake with the current Reform Treaty, since the operability and credibility of the Union are at stake. In any case, European citizens do not understand that we have been working on the Constitutional Treaty and institutional problems for years and that from this we, as the political elite, know very well that they are extremely important in the interests of reforming and renewing the Union; at the same time it is a foreign, incomprehensible debate for us. Ultimately we have to work on the real issues for European citizens, and I agree with Martin Schulz that there should be no more failures in the life of the Union. There should be no more failures, because the 2004 enlargement was the first that was not prevented by radical reforms or radicalisation. It is no longer surprising that the British are behaving as they are, and yet, as a representative of a new Member State, I am not pleased that my Polish fellow members are taking a political course that unfortunately does not serve European unity. There is no alternative to the Reform Treaty. It is vital in order for the European Parliament not to be a place for quibbling, but for the Commission and the Council to take it seriously. It is also vital in order for us to make progress with matters such as the issue of national minorities, in which, finally, one of Europe’s great problems – we should look at the Western Balkans, or Ukraine and Russia . Without the Reform Treaty, we will not be able to make any progress in this area either. Mr President, there is no alternative to the Reform Treaty; it is either the Reform Treaty or the death of the Union! Thank you for your attention."@en1
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