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"Mr President, Mr Rehn, the work you are doing is absolutely excellent. During this year, you have come up with a series of different proposals that have improved the situation, and that is something that we should all acknowledge.
I am surprised listening to this debate. I thought this was a House for Europe, not a House for 27 different Member States. There is a spirit of nationalism here that is frightening and that will not help to solve our problems. It is a question of solidarity.
You may laugh, but you are wrong. You are definitely wrong, Mr Helmer, because it is about solidarity. Europe is about solidarity and we all are linked together: even the pound sterling reflects on the euro. I am astonished.
In Sweden, we have experienced what it means to be in serious debt. We were a country in debt, people were in debt, but we succeeded in dealing with it. Why should our friends in Greece, Portugal and Ireland not manage to deal with it? Are we special up in the Nordic countries? Of course we are not. However, right now, these countries need our help and assistance. If we do not give them this help and assistance, it will also be our downfall.
Europe is a common destiny for us all, and we have to realise that – even you, Mr Helmer. You are a part of Europe and you can do more."@en1
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