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"Mr President, Prime Minister, many thanks for your Presidency and, above all, for the list that you read out today of everything that took place under the Danish Presidency. It is an impressive list, I really must admit that. Of course, the Danish Presidency was overshadowed by two factors that did not make life easy for you. First of all, there was the economic crisis. I am very pleased – and I am sure we will come back to this – that, in the end, at the final summit, we managed to take a few positive steps in the direction of growth, as that is absolutely essential if we are to overcome the crisis. Then, of course, there were the actions of the European Council.
The Patents Directive has been mentioned. This House has been fighting for a European patent for years. The result will overcome the arguments and the animosities between individual countries. At the last moment, a few countries did manage to blemish this positive result, however. I actually find it very strange that, for example, the United Kingdom, which constantly criticises how we have three seats for the European Parliament, pushed for there to be three seats for the patent court.
That is clearly a position that is absolutely intolerable. What it does show us, however, is what many a government really cares about.
It was a similar story with the budget. Once again, the European Council got involved, although my fellow Members and the Danish Presidency managed to rescue the situation between them. The European Council – and I will also say this to Mr Van Rompuy – should concern itself with those things that are its responsibility. It should not be making out detailed legislation. That is not the job of the European Council – it is the job of the Council, together with the European Parliament, to legislate. That needs to be made clear at long last.
A second item that I would particularly like to emphasise is the Energy Efficiency Directive. This is not just a directive; it is a position, a direction. I am grateful to Mr Turmes and Ms Thomsen, and all those involved, for having fought for this in the way that they did. Of course, we wanted more – they also wanted more – but again, there were a few countries that prevented us from taking a really big step forward with this.
I hope, however, that, with your ongoing support as Denmark, the Member State, we will be able to bring about this energy switchover, that we will succeed in creating these thousands and even millions of jobs, for which there is a potential here. We are all asking where the work is and fearing that we are running out of jobs. No, we are not running out of jobs; especially if we concentrate on the energy switchover, if we aim to bring about the greening of the economy. This is about creating many, many jobs in Europe and, at the same time, reducing the dependence on imports of oil and gas. We have produced a very significant achievement here, and I hope that many countries which, at the moment, are still providing resistance will come to see that, in future, we will have to have truly mandatory provisions on energy efficiency.
Finally, Prime Minister, I would like to congratulate you on your choice of Mr Wammen as your Minister for Europe, as he really did an awful lot so that the Danish Presidency was able to succeed in many areas. I would like to thank you for that, Mr Wammen. You set a good example of how to act European but nonetheless represent the interests of your own country. If the Danish Presidency has many successes to list, that is down, above all, to you. Thank you for all your efforts."@en1
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