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"I voted in favour of the report by my Spanish colleague Carlos Carnero González on insertion in Parliament’s Rules of Procedure of a new Rule 202a on the use by Parliament of the symbols of the Union. The three symbols (the flag showing 12 golden stars on a blue background, the anthem based on the ‘Ode to Joy’ from Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony and the motto ‘United in Diversity’) help to bring the citizens closer to the European Union and to build a European identity that complements our national identities.
These symbols have been used for more than 30 years by all of the European institutions and were officially adopted by the European Council in 1985. I am pleased with the choice of 9 May as Europe Day: it commemorates 9 May 1950, when the French Foreign Minister, Robert Schuman, in his speech in the Salon de l’Horloge at the Quai d’Orsay, outlined publicly Jean Monnet’s idea to bring together coal and steel production under the umbrella of a supranational High Authority, thereby pooling the resources necessary for munitions. At that time, his goal was to prevent another war between France and Germany and to anchor Germany firmly in the Western camp at the beginning of the Cold War."@en1
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