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"Mr President, a few days after the positive referendum in Ireland, I really feel that we can say that we are more European today than we were before. I am really and truly, quietly, delighted about this. Unfortunately, we are still largely dependent on the decision of the Constitutional Court, as well as on the good will of the Czech President.
We must now send out a clear signal in terms of accountability to those who hold in their hands the future of this key treaty for the Union, for our institutions and for the 500 million Europeans that we represent. We can no longer be held hostage by a few people whose sole aim is to work against the general European interest. If it is legitimate that some do not wish to go further down the path of European integration, if it is legitimate to voice one’s misgivings, then it is also legitimate to let those who want more European integration to progress.
Generally, the processes for ratifying European treaties too often look like sagas or Pyrrhic victories. Must we constantly be forced to exert such pressure to guarantee the entry into force of a treaty and its institutional reforms?
We must learn from this chaotic ratification process and also, obviously, from this commitment to hold negotiations on the organisation of a second referendum in Ireland, as if it were normal to make a population that has taken a sovereign decision vote again, and as if it were normal for agreement to a treaty to be used as a bargaining chip. The institutional coherence and balance of the European project is at stake.
Ratifying a treaty is a minimum requirement in terms of loyalty and cohesion from the moment one chooses that one’s country should join the European Union. We wanted to send out a strong message to the citizens by ensuring that the treaty was ratified for the European elections of June 2009. What do you believe the citizens think today about the Treaty of Lisbon and, moreover, about our internal coherence and our legitimacy?"@en1
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