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Jean-Claude Juncker, président en exercice du Conseil européen, est intervenu le 22 juin 2005 devant le Parlement européen pour évoquer les résultats positifs de la Présidence luxembourgeoise (réforme du Pacte de stabilité et de croissance, relance de la stratégie de Lisbonne, objectifs plus ambitieux pour l’aide au développement, amélioration des relations transatlantiques et nouveau cadre pour les rapports avec la Russie).
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Jean-Claude Juncker, current President of the European Council spoke at the European Parliament on 22 June 2005 about the positive results of the Luxembourg Presidency (reform of the Growth and Stability Pact, relaunch of the Lisbon Strategy, more ambitious objectives for development aid, improvements in transatlantic relations and a new framework for relations with Russia). With a desire to show transparency and meet the parliamentarians half-way, he explained at length the proposals of the Luxembourg Presidency to avoid a failure in the negotiations on financial perspectives at the last European Council on 17 June. Finally, he reiterated the European Council decision to continue the ratification process while making room for a period of reflection. Jean-Claude Juncker expressed his sadness at having “been unable to prevent Europe from entering into a crisis, which is not definitive but is definite. I was sad and I showed it. I sometimes read that I was not very diplomatic but I have no desire to be diplomatic when Europe is in crisis, no desire to be diplomatic, none at all. He concluded his speech by pleading for a political Europe: “We have no right to undo what our predecessors have built up because the generations that follow will need a political Europe. If it is not political, it will lose its way. They need and want a Europe of solidarity, a social Europe, a competitive Europe, a strong Europe, both at home and in the world. So, old Europeans and convinced Europeans, let’s go! Courage!”
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