Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-12-16-Speech-2-204"

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dcterms:Date	"2008-12-16"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Outcome of the European Council on 11-12 December 2008 - French Presidency’s term of office (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20081216.31.2-204"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-12-16-Speech-2-2052
lpv:speaker	lp:Bernard Poignant2
lpv:spokenAs	member; REGI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Parti socialiste (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2006-06-07--2009-07-13)3 substitute; AFCO (2007-06-28--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, it would be wrong to say your Presidency was perfect, but it would be dishonest to say that it was a failure. I shall take one or two lessons from it. This is a time of conversion, because from this Presidency onwards, when the market has a problem, the State will be the solution. I hope that this conversion is sincere and sustainable and, as I am a French socialist, I am delighted to learn that the source of our problems is not the 35-hour week but the banks, and that ‘Mrs 35-Hours’ is better than ‘Mr Madoff’. The second lesson is that, at the end of this Presidency, you will have to re-establish a better relationship between France and Germany, because it was shaken at the beginning by the Union for the Mediterranean. The German Chancellor was not invited to an important meeting and then we ask her and Germany to pay, as in 1918 for reparations, or 1945 for reconstruction, or 1955 for contributions, or 1990 for reunification. Yes, I am defending Germany. Do you see that, Martin? I am defending it. You know the French saying: ‘don’t climb coconut trees when you have a hole in your trousers’. I think there is a bit of sorting out to be done and that we need to rebuild Franco-German relations. Finally, for a presidency to be successful – what a fine lesson this is – you have to surround yourself with two socialists: Bernard Kouchner, who was a minister under Mr Mitterrand, and Mr Jouyet, who worked with Mr Jospin and with Mr Delors. I am speaking to Mr Le Maire, the new minister: watch out Mr Sarkozy, he is a Villepin man. I expect you know this other saying: ‘I forgive everyone who offends me, but I keep a list!’"@en1
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