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In a recent article the historian Niall Ferguson argued that the current European system of governance is a bit like the United States of America facing the 21st century with its old Articles of Confederation as its institutional instrument. I should point out that these Articles survived for barely eight years before succumbing to constitutional revisions imposed by political and practical imperatives. My point is that the European institutions should make an effort to bridge the gap between relatively advanced European integration and the manner in which this integration is applied, which in a wide variety of spheres, is slowly and imperfectly. This report, on which I voted in favour, deals with one of these contradictions in the field of the diplomatic representation of European citizens, the particular importance of which becomes apparent if we draw up, even for just one year, a list of the emergency situations that have required the intervention of the consular authorities of individual Member States. The various rights and interests of our citizens can be threatened by unforeseeable crises at any time, even in remote areas. I therefore feel that the measures in the report (including the creation of a trust fund) are appropriate because the integration of consular protection, which is already practised in some areas of the world on an informal basis, would allow the interests of Europeans to be defended more effectively and would give greater substance to the notion of European citizenship."@en1
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