Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-06-22-Speech-3-063-000"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2011-06-22"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Preparations for the European Council meeting (24 June 2011) (continuation of debate)2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20110622.14.3-063-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2011-06-22-Speech-3-064-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Mario Mauro2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Il Popolo della Libertà (2009-07-14--2013-03-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP (2009-07-14--2013-03-14)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with South Africa (2009-09-16--2013-03-14)3 substitute; Special Committee on the Financial, Economic and Social Crisis (2009-10-08--2011-07-31)3 member; Delegation for relations with the United States (2009-09-16--2013-03-14)3 member; Special committee on the policy challenges and budgetary resources for a sustainable European Union after 2013 (2010-06-17--2011-06-30)3 member; AFET (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, it is precisely the complexity and, if you like, the toughness of the agenda for the Council of 24 June that bring us up against the shortcomings of the instruments available to us. What exactly is available to us? The European Union is. The European Union is a work in progress, an unfinished work, which we have so often failed to complete precisely because of our weakness and fear. The European Union is available to us, but the United States of Europe is not. That means that, when national governments are wavering due to internal issues, we do not have an instrument that we can activate in order to implement what might be a solution to our problems. To succeed in finally making the United States of Europe available to us will require leadership not only from the national governments but primarily from the European institutions. I believe – President Barroso is not here any more – that his prudence won him his second election. I would very much like to vote for him for a third time, but this time for his courage. In other words, as he has been re-elected once for his prudence, I would like to re-elect him for a third term for his courage. Therefore, given the tough agenda to be tackled by the Council on 24 June, I expect the leadership shown by the Commission and the European institutions to persuade the national governments to put our ideals before whatever is in our interests. I think that is the only feasible way forward. Otherwise, we will continue to hold debates in which we grumble about the fact that perhaps the French Government has taken an initiative about Schengen for internal reasons, or the Italian Government has refused to admit someone or other, or the Greek Government is still too weak to really be able to take responsibility for its own decisions. The main issue, however, lies elsewhere: unless the political nature of the European project is clarified, we will be incapable of dealing with our problems."@en1
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