Loading ...‘The coming into force of the Lisbon Treaty is indeed a historic event. We should applaud it and be happy, we should congratulate each other and, certainly, congratulate the Swedish presidency for getting this result,’ Severin told a plenary session of the European Parliament on the conclusions of the October 29-30 summit of the European Council.
Yet, Severin added, a treaty is not sufficient. ‘Not even the most perfect treaty could solve alone some issues. We need inspired and competent people to capitalise on it. As far as the Lisbon Treaty is concerned, this is all the more important as it represents the outcome of interminable compromises and long discussions and talks.
Consequently, the treaty inevitably has many ambiguities and many gaps. It will be incumbent on the future top decision makers to clarify some aspects, to improve rules, model the institutions, rightly interpret the provisions of the treaty and provide details in the job descriptions.’
‘The next European Parliament will be crucial to the future European architecture. If we want this architecture to be viable, it should be a synthesis of all the historical experiences, cultural sensibilities and political traditions of all the European regions and all the European citizens.
Consequently, the team of the first three offices of the European Union president of the European Council, president of the European Commission and the high representative for common foreign policy – should reflect the entire range of European political sensibilities, all the geopolitical, geocultural and geographic regions of Europe,’ said Severin.
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