Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-02-20-Speech-3-151"
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"I still firmly believe that, as President Sarkozy was not going to organise a referendum, abstention was the position the Socialists had to take in the French parliament. However, just because the French President did a poor job of negotiating this Treaty and ignored the vote of the French people, that does not mean we should not respond to the question being put before us today.
The Treaty is far from perfect, but it enables us to bring the institutional debate to a close and equip Europe with rules that allow it to function. Today, the Socialists should make themselves heard on policy changes, the main issue in the revision of the financial perspective, on the French Presidency of the European Union, and on the PSE’s commitment in drawing up its manifesto for the next European elections.
A ‘no’ would have made it possible to remove the policies from the text of what should have been a Constitution, as it forced Europe to focus on the issue of what the European project was all about. This is very important.
However, because I want this text to be passed so I can get fully involved in the forthcoming negotiations on policies, because my ‘no’ more than two years ago was pro-European, I am shouldering my responsibilities and approving the Treaty of Lisbon."@en1
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