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"Mr President, I would say to President Barroso that we welcome his advocacy of a European political space and the news that the Commission will put forward a proposal on European political parties. But for parties to be truly supranational, elections must be supranational. Mr Barroso, do you propose the direct election by universal suffrage of your successor? And if not, why not?
In the United States the world is watching a truly federal election. The only message from their politicians to us is: get your act together. Mr Barroso, you have been in office for eight years. You lament the absence of a debate between citizens on the consequences of fragmentation, but what proposals have you brought forward in those eight years to provide for such a debate?
You challenge artists and intellectuals to make their voice heard. You may be aware that 50 poets came together and published the European constitution in verse just three years ago. It depicts European citizens full of ideals but let down by their leaders. It is not just a federation of nation states that is needed, it is a federation of citizens, and we need leaders who understand that."@en1
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