Seanad debates

Tuesday, 10 June 2003

Convention on the Future of Europe: Statements.

 

The Convention concludes its work this week. I reiterate that I believe it has been a tremendous success. It has made substantial progress in a wide range of areas that might have been deemed unthinkable. Six or seven months ago, it did not seem likely that we would reach this point. Its final report this week should have the broad support of the Convention as a whole and we will have solid foundations on which to base the work of the Intergovernmental Conference later this year. All of these positive aspects, however, are in contrast to the fact that we still do not have final texts. We will have to wait until we see these. As Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe once said, it is not the devil that is in the details but God – even if he has not made his appearance so far in the preamble.

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