Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-10-10-Speech-3-060"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2007-10-10"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Preparation of the informal summit of heads of state and government (Lisbon, 18/19 October 2007)2
dcterms:Language	"pt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20071010.16.3-060"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2007-10-10-Speech-3-0612
lpv:speaker	lp:Maria da Assunção Esteves2
lpv:spokenAs	member; AFCO (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; LIBE (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Coligaçao Força Portugal (PPD/PSD.CDS-PP) (2004-07-20--2007-11-22)3 member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia (2007-03-15--2009-07-13)3 member; DROI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"The informal summit in Lisbon could bring to a close a troubled period in which Europe’s ambition crossed swords with crisis. The new Reform Treaty will not have the power to restructure Europe; that would take a European Constitution. The new Treaty is an under-achievement compared with the lost Constitution; it is a small leap in history, rather than a great leap; it is all it can be, not all it should be. But it does represent certain progress in terms of Europe adapting its institutions to the new geopolitical challenges and future debate. We must recognise that the emotional element in the referendum restricted the purely rational element of political representation. Public opinion was ill-prepared for a visionary and cosmopolitan approach, which brought us to a more timorous and closed process than the process in the Convention which paved the way for a Constitution. That point should not be forgotten by those who sit round the table at the next meeting of the European Council. The Council’s task is now to secure the unity needed for the Treaty in accordance with a principle of maximum limitation of exceptions; to avoid, in the derogations from the Charter, hidden erosion due to opt-out clauses in the original gentlemen’s agreements (such as the Ioannina compromise) and to ensure that the Treaty is of a unitary rather than a fragmented order. The Council’s other task is to stage-manage ratification of the Treaty; that is essential in order to avoid a change of direction in the European trajectory so dear to all citizens. It is time to accept that the legitimacy of Europe comes above all from the universal values it is upcoming, from the consistency of its democratic institutions, from the shared project to achieve global justice born precisely of excellence of reasoning. That is the legitimacy of Europe."@en1

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