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"Mr President, it seems that many on the other side are using the explanation-of-vote procedure on various reports to talk instead about the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty. In that, they are making unfounded claims that the people have spoken against the Lisbon Treaty and that we do not want to listen to them.
Quite apart from the fact that it is up to Member States – not us – to ratify the Lisbon Treaty, this is of course totally wrong. One Member State has said ‘no’, we are listening and indeed we have to listen. The other Member States have indicated they are willing to listen to the reasons for that ‘no’, to take account of it and to move forward on that basis. But when Mr Dover does not even appreciate the difference between the Constitutional Treaty and the Lisbon Treaty and says that France and the Netherlands rejected this Treaty, he conveniently forgets to point out those countries that had referendums to support the Treaty.
We do not just want to listen to one side of the argument. We want to listen to both sides and bridge the gap, find a solution acceptable to every Member State. They only want to listen to those people who vote ‘no’. It is they who are guilty of not listening to the peoples of Europe. It is they who do not accept democratic results, only the result that is convenient to them and not the overall situation of all Member States."@en1
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