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"Mr President, I would like to respond to the speeches made by the Finance Minister and the President of the Commission. I completely disagree: Europe is not on the brink of disaster. We are experiencing an institutional crisis, a crisis of responsibility, but not a deep-seated crisis affecting the European institutions as a whole, and that is where it is also important to assume responsibility.
Mr Barroso, you spoke of the cacophony of opinions. Your letter of 3 August did nothing to reduce this cacophony. You said that we have lost too much time. We waited four and half years for the proposals from your first Commission with regard to regulation of the financial markets. I would like to make it very clear that you have the right of initiative and you have the responsibility and the opportunity to put forward proposals in order to force the governments to act. I can, to some extent, understand the lack of confidence of the Heads of State or Government in the ability of the Commission to act. Monitoring of the implementation of European legal acts, monitoring of the allocation of resources from the Structural Funds – what has Greece done then? Seventy per cent is unused – monitoring of the Commission’s own ability to act reveals nothing but deficiencies.
Mr Barroso, in your speech on the State of the Union in two weeks’ time you have a unique opportunity to put forward proposals with regard to economic governance, the European Monetary Fund, realisation of the internal market, monitoring of the implementation of legislation, against individual States going it alone, and with regard to the amendment of the Treaties. We call on you to have the courage to do this. You will have the Members of this House on your side."@en1
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