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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the focus is usually on the pre-summits when the summits themselves count for nothing, but in this case, we are forced to focus on the post-summit because we had understood that something important had happened. Mr Van Rompuy, if you had gone into a national parliament in any country in Europe and made the speech that you made here today, I think people throughout Europe would have understood precisely the opposite of what they had read in the newspapers three days ago, that you had made Europe take a giant step forwards.
I think it is essential to come here to this House not only to tell us what happened at the summit, but also to say what the Council intends to do after this summit. If you do not tell us that, you will be throwing away the chance to tell the European public that we are working towards a united Europe and to getting a step closer to rescuing the countries in difficulty.
In your reply, Mr Van Rompuy, I would also like you to tell us exactly what you think of the position taken by the Dutch and Finnish Governments. It is your duty to say what your thoughts are on that, because otherwise we will have the impression that the Council ended with a statement that does not correspond to any genuine political will. You should be very careful about this, as I hope not too many journalists heard it, because you know how much influence the media has these days on the fate of countries and the evolution of their spreads."@en1
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