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"Mr President, Minister, Commissioner, with last Friday’s result, I hope that Europe can move on from a crisis concerning the Treaties and that it will therefore be possible to have a stable institutional body that is suited to an organisation with 27 Member States, and which is different from that based on the Treaty of Nice.
Mr President, a treaty is not really a work of art, a legal work, which only exists to be admired. It has to be useful and it has to be effective. That is why, as important as it is from a political perspective to hold a discussion on, for example, who is going to be President of the Council, it is more important for the ratification process to end for the Treaty to enter into force, not least because, with this result in Ireland, it is clear that Europe cannot be built against the will of the people. Whether by representation or by referenda, this coming together is real.
It is also important to point out that a ‘no’ vote is as democratic as a ‘yes’ vote. Some people appear to be confused on this point. I hope that, with ratification in Ireland, the Czech Republic and Poland, a situation of
solidarity can be established among Member States. I also hope that we move towards a situation in which this large step is accompanied by the pattern of Schuman’s Europe: a Europe built by small steps, day by day and, crucially, by the promotion of European ideals."@en1
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