Jeg har stemt for forslaget til fælles beslutning om Det Europæiske Råds møde den 25.-26. marts 2004, selv om jeg har mange forbehold vedrørende henstillingerne om Mellemøsten.
Such a step, which is already to be found in the Thucydides quotation at the top of the draft constitution, negates the pluralism of Europe’ s nations. It is at the root of people’ s feelings of alienation; people do not feel part of the current institutions.