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"Mr President, Mr Schulz, honourable Members, I would like to express my warmest congratulations to Martin Schulz on his election as President of the European Parliament.
Hope must also triumph over cynicism and disillusionment and we must clearly reaffirm our shared desire to live together. However, the sacrifices demanded by the crisis must also be divided more equally, so that the poorest and the middle classes are not always the ones who pick up most of the tab for the crisis. Social justice is also an essential factor in the success of our response to the crisis.
Mr President, honourable Members, in these very difficult, but also exciting times, I wish you every success and you can rely on the unfailing commitment and the full and loyal cooperation of the European Commission to bring Europe out of this crisis stronger and more unified than ever.
He was first elected to the European Parliament in 1994. Since then, this House has frequently profited from his strong character, his great political skill and his untiring commitment to Europe.
He rightly has an ambitious vision for the role of this House. He also rightly demands that Parliament’s voice – the voice of the people of Europe – should be listened to more closely than has been the case in the past.
Martin Schulz – and with him the whole European Parliament – can continue to count on the support of the European Commission.
Indeed, today it is more important than ever to reinforce European democracy. Those who, at national level, pretend that democracy can only be national have not yet understood that we are already in the age of globalisation, that we are living in the 21st century. Those who resist the idea of European democracy – and indeed the idea of European sovereignty – on the basis of national sovereignty are handing over the real sovereignty to anonymous operators in the markets, who are subject to no democratic control.
Indeed, in this time of crisis, when the challenges before us are great, it is more important than ever for the different political forces to work together for a strong Europe. In this spirit, I would also like to pay tribute to the other candidates who stood in this democratic election, Diana Wallis and Nirj Deva.
A word of sincere thanks is also due to the outgoing President, Jerzy Buzek. President Buzek has presided over this Parliament in an impressive and principled manner in historic and testing times. During his term of office, we have seen the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, as well as the most challenging economic and political period of the European Union’s history. Thanks to the very good and close cooperation between our two institutions over the past two-and-a-half years, we have laid the foundations for a sound and trusting special partnership between Parliament and the Commission, which is now part of our common
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But there is more than this. President Buzek was the first President of a European Union institution to come from one of the central and eastern European Member States – the first since the fall of the Iron Curtain. His presidency symbolised that the dream of millions of people, the dream of freedom for millions of Europeans, had come true. Mr Buzek, many, many thanks for this.
Honourable Members, our responsibility at present is to implement fully the decisions taken to make Europe stronger, more competitive and more unified. Measures to promote financial stability and economic growth are what must be our main priorities over the coming months. Europe cannot be built on discipline and sanctions alone. Europe must be built on convergence, solidarity and hope. That is precisely why growth is increasingly important."@en1
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