Sarkozy warns of Europe’s ‘identity crisis’

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Series Details 14.11.07
Publication Date 14/11/2007
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Report of the maiden speech by President Nicolas Sarkozy of France to the European Parliament in Strasbourg, 13 November 2007.

He said that Europe must represent hope for a better life and a better world, a grand ideal and a grand promise. Mr Sarkozy said that Europe could not be machine, and called for a strengthening of European defence and the setting up of a committee of wise-men on the future of Europe. "The institutional question has been settled. What remains are the political questions. They must be asked without fear, debated without taboos", he said.

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European Parliament: Info, 13.11.07: Sarkozy to MEPs in Strasbourg: "Europe must be alive, a grand ideal and a grand promise" http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/expert/infopress_page/008-12906-316-11-46-901-20071109IPR12787-12-11-2007-2007-true/default_en.htm

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