“However, I regret a climate of mistrust towards the European Union and its institutions. The primacy of European law and the title of Foreign Affairs Minister have been deleted to please the governments reluctant to be a part of further European integration. In so doing, the national Leaders are deluding themselves and preventing their citizens from understanding what the EU is about”.

“I would like to thank the European Liberal Democrat Prime Ministers for their commitment to the European spirit and for coming to the summit with a positive attitude without red lines for the negotiations. In particular, I would like to pay my tribute to Guy Verhofstadt who has been an outstanding European-minded Prime Minister since 1999”.

The European Union’s achievements to date are impressive – half a century of peace, prosperity and stability. Instead of fighting each other, Europe’s nations have learned to harness their collective knowledge and experience to a common enterprise and provide opportunity and progress for all of Europe’s citizens. With the new Treaty, it is our hope that Europe will have new foundations making it even stronger, fairer, greener, more open and more prosperous.

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For more information, please contact Mrs Myriam Cornillet, email: mcornillet@eldr.org, Tél: +32 2 237 01 43, Mobile: +32 485 99 40 56, www.eldr.org

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The European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party, aisbl (ELDR Party) brings together 51 political parties with common liberal, democratic and reform ideals and is the forum for member parties to develop a co-ordinated policy.