PMTonyBlairsspeechtoEUParliament

PMTonylair'eechtoEUarliament

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Mr.President,collegues,distinguishedguests:

ItisanhonourtobehereintheEuropeanParliamenttoday.Withyourpermiion,IwillcomebackaftereachEuropeanCouncilduringtheUKPresidencyandreporttoyou.Inaddition,IwouldbehaytocoulttheParliamentbeforeeachCouncil,soastohavethebenefitoftheviewsoftheEuropeanParliamentbeforeCouncildeliberatio.

Thisisatimelyaddre.WhateverelsepeopledisagreeuponinEuropetoday,theyatleastagreeononepoint:Europeisinthemidstofaprofounddebateaboutitsfuture.Iwanttotalktoyouplainlytodayaboutthisdebate,thereasoforitandhowtoresolveit.Ineverycrisisthereisanoortunity.ThereisonehereforEuropenow,ifwehavethecouragetotakeit.

ThedebateoverEuropeshouldnotbeconductedbytradingiultsorintermsofpersonality.Itshouldbeanopenandfrankexchangeofideas.AndrightattheoutsetIwanttodescribeclearlyhowIdefinethedebateandthedisagreementunderlyingit.

Theiueisnotbetweena"freemarket"EuropeandasocialEurope,betweenthosewhowanttoretreattoacommonmarketandthosewhobelieveinEuropeasapoliticalproject.

Thisisnotjustamisrepresentation.ItistointimidatethosewhowantchangeinEuropebyrepresentingthedesireforchangeasbetrayaloftheEuropeanideal,totrytoshutoffseriousdebateaboutEurope'sfuturebyclaimingthattheveryiistenceondebateistoembracetheanti-Europe.

ItisamindsetIhavefoughtagaitallmypoliticallife.Idealssurvivethroughchange.Theydiethroughinertiainthefaceofchallenge.

Iamapaionatepro-European.Ialwayshavebeen.Myfirstvotewasin1975intheBritishreferendumonmembershipandIvotedyes.In1983,whenIwasthelastcandidateintheUKtobeselectedshortlybeforethatelectionandwhenmypartyhadapolicyofwithdrawingfromEurope,ItoldtheselectionconferencethatIdisagreedwiththepolicy.SomethoughtIhadlosttheselection.SomeperhawishIhad.Ithenhelpedchangeourpolicyinthe1980'sandwasproudofthatchange.

SincebeingPrimeMinisterIsignedtheSocialChapter,helped,alongwithFrance,tocreatethemodernEuropeanDefencePolicy,haveplayedmypartintheAmsterdam,theNice,thentheRomeTreatie 《PMTonyBlairsspeechtoEUParliament》

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