

EU Chair Polish Prime Minister Tusk for EU Parliament Debates on Political Integration in EU Future

Speaking to the Press in Strasbourg in presence of "EuroFora", after his Speech and Press Conference at EU Parliament, EU chairman, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, made clear the need to Debate on EU's Future, stressing that Structural Changes able to realize an enhanced EU Integration are necessary, but new Ideas should be born in a Political process open to all, (f.ex. with an active participation of EU Parliament, if necessary transformed in a Constituant), and not only by a few Technocrats a.o. :
- "We (EU) are at Crossroads", stressed from the outset, concluding on the experience of 6 Months as EU Chair (July - December 2011), the leader of the most important EU Country which traditionally used to stand between the €uroGroup and the UK.
- Because, "Today, EU Partners have to make a Choice : Either for increased integration, or the EU will fall apart and dissolve", he warned.
- Indeed,"EU is facing pressure, both from outside and from inside, because not everybody accepts EU as a Community", the Polish leader found, Months afteer a voluntarist EU optimism shown just a few Months ago, at his incoming speech at EU Parliament in Strasbourg, on July 6.
- Therefore, "EU needs Ideas and Visions".
- Because, "after the (Global) Crisis (EU) is going to be Differend from what it was before", since "we've got to make Structural Changes in order to ensure that we'll be Together in the Future", as he said.
- But, "the Leadership must be Political, because Technocrats will Never govern well enough", Tusk warned. -" In the Short term, in times of Crisis, they might, perhaps, bring some results. But, in the Long run, Technocrats cannot govern well. Because in the Long run, the Political Community must be activated, the Europeans (People) must be consulted, there will be confrontations and Global Competition with very demanding partners, such as the USA, China, Brazil, India, etc., So that only a Strong Political Leadership could give a real opportunity, a chance for a proper outcome", he found.
- In fact, "the problem in Europe today is that nobody really respects all the Rules. A way has to be found, a Mechanism to make respect the Rules. And it has better to be acceptable by the Public, without forcing others to implement it". Since "in fact, it's not only about what happened in Greece alone, etc. Because Big Countries have also a Co-Responsibility", (f.ex. concerning the former "Socialist" network which had brokered the Politico-Financial Deal of 1999-2001, bringing an unprepared Greece earlier than normal in the €urozone, in exchange of Turkey's controversial and unpopular EU "Candidate" status : See "EuroFora"s Analysis on that matter).
=>"Therefore, such a " New Order" would have to have a Democratic Mandate. That's why it's better to be born f.ex. in EU Parliament, eventually as a Constituent, because it has also to be accepted in order to be implemented", Tusk pointed out.
+ Moreover, "there has to be a kind of Vision" for EU's Future, as also "in the Past we had some visions, ...about transferts of sovereignity, etc."

- Because, "as I said to EU Parliament, today, the most important thing is to Save Europe as a Continent with Integration. The alternative is Desintegration. It might break up", Tusk warn. In fact, "even if EU doesn't yet dissolve before our eyes, neverthelesse, we already see the cracks in the Monolith", he denounced.
- "When I hear f.ex. some are satisfied to see that the UK is floating away... They'd better start ringing an Alarm !", he found.
=> "So that we have to Motivate all those who believe in a Common Europe", the Polish political leader urged.
>>> - "But, ...Ideas have to be born in a Debate", Prime Minister Tusk stressed, in a statement of obvious interest to "EuroFora". "And the Best place for Debate is the EU Parliament".
- "In fact, until today, this Debate (on EU's Future) is just Beginning" :
- "It is about whether we'll have more or less Europe. What will be the Domain (of action) for the main EU Authorities ? How wil they be Elected ? What mechanisms will be built ?" (etc)...
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+ Meanwhile, as he just said to EU Parliament's Plenary, - "at the latest EU Council it was clear that some search tools not only to save the €uro, but also to ReinForce our Community. But others search to weaken or even to destroy at the end the Community".
- In fact, already, "we feel that a debate is been going on, not only about the €uro, but also about the Future of the European Community".
- Moreover, "during the last 6 Monhs, I witnessed this Huge Competition", the outgoing EU Chairman observed. But, "the Lead cannot be that of only a Few Countries, Nor of Technocrats, because they lack of Democratic Legitimacy".
=> Therefore, Donald Tusk, concluded by launching an Appeal to EU Leaders : - "We must work for the Political Integration of Europe !", he urged.
(NDLR : "DraftNews", as already sent earlier to "EuroFora"s Subscribers/Donors. A mre accurate, complete Final Version is due to be published asap).
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The recent paradox of freezing EU Talks with front-runner Croatia, while continuing controversial EU - Turkey talks, despite Zagreb's acceptance of Refugees' Human Rights to return, that Ankara refuses fex. in Cyprus, while both have "Good Neighborhood" problems vis a vis Slovenia, or Greece, Cyprus and Armenia respectively, can it be justified by the non-fullfilment of EU criteria, as Slovenia says, or, is it "Double Standards" ?
The question became unavoidable after statements by Presidents of Slovenia and Croatia, Tuerk and Mesic, respectively, to "EuroFora", exclusively or among Strasbourg's journalists this week at the CoE, on the sidelines of its 2009 Summer University for Political Schools, which topically brought them together as successive key-note speakers.
Comming only a few Months before EU checks Turkey's compliance to its commitments on Cyprus, etc., scheduled for December 2009, this obviously has a special importance for the coherence of EU Enlargement's principles.
Suspension of EU Negotiations is a normal consequence in case of a Candidate Country's failure to fullfil EU Conditions, such as "Good Neighborhood relations", stressed at first Slovenian President Danilo Tuerk, current CoE's chair.
But, regarding EU's Criteria, there shouldn't be any "Double Standards", reacted Croatian President Stjepan Mesic, commenting the fact that Turkey's controversial EU negotiations continue, while they were recently "freezed" in the case of Croatia, an "unquestionably European Country", which oficially accepts to respect Refugees Human Rights, contrary to Ankara's notorious refusals or reluctance.

Questioned earlier what "consequences on EU's Enlargement policy" can have the "Ban on EU Membership Negotiations", imposed to Croatia, Tuerk replied that "this question comes down to the fulfillement of (EU) Criteria for membership. One has to look at each Candidate Country ., from the point of view whether it fullfils the Criteria that EU has set. One of them are Good Neighborhood Relations, I'd like to remind. And also, there are other factors, such as Justice, Home affairs, Rule of Law, and others".
- "Now, ..Candidate Countries are at Different Levels of fulfillement of Criteria", he observed.
- " Croatia is obviously the closest to that. I'm rather optimistic : I think that in the coming Months we'll have an opportunity to look at all these issues constructively and hopefully we'll be able to make progress". "My main concern, at this point, is the situation in Bosnia : We haven't seen enough progres domesticaly. We haven't seen enough during ..political parties within their country.We need a New Energy, a new energetic move towards the Candidature for EU membership. "Other (Western Balkan) Countries (Serbia, Montenegro, FYROM, Albania) have been making soaring Progress, and I think that they should be ready, in a few Years, for the Candidate status".
- "As far as the Western Balkans are concerned, .. nobody should be left outside" the EU, Slovenian's President concluded, ommitting to mention Turkey's controversial EU bid.
- "This process may be seen as Slow, but.. Slovenia has also has also been exposed to various "Booms of Slowness" in our accession period. But now we can say that the process was relatively quick, because changes which occur after becoming EU member, are quite large, and they require proper Preparations before the (EU) membership becomes a new factor, an impacting line for a new (EU) member country".
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EU "Solidarity" ?
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Slovenian statements made some participants from certain 3rd Countries as FYROM, etc. claim that "the Principle of EU Solidarity" would "produce a.. rising European Union Nationalism (sic !), against Non-EU Countries", as they said, asking unhappy foreign countries to form a "bloc" to exert pressure on the EU...
But Croatian President Stjepan Mesic dismissed that, supporting "EU Integration", "after the Economy also in Political" issues, as "the achievement" of our times. In EU there is "diversity, but it's United", he stressed, "EU has to be United so that it can become a central factor of Peace" also at the surrounding areas, he replied.
Speaking later exclusively to "EuroFora", the experienced twice President of Croatia, former President of the International "Non-Aligned" movement, denounced "Double Standards" in the way EU treats recently Croatia compared to Turkey :
- "I think that there shouldn't be Double Standards", stressed the Croatian President, in reply to a Question comparing the freeze of EU - Croatia talks, with the continuation of EU - Turkey talks, despite the fact that Croatia is an "unquestionably European country", while Turkey's EU bid is notoriously controversial.
Mesic was reacting to the observation that, even if he confirmed his "respect of Refugees' Human Rights to return, etc. (See infra), nevertheless, EU talks are suspended with Croatia.. While for oher, controversial candidates, who refuse to respect Refugees' Rights to return, etc., as fex. Turkey does in occupied Cyprus and elsewhere, EU negotiations continue".
- "I believe that Croatia's accession will confirm that all European Countries who fulfill all of the Conditions and achieve European Standards, have to join the EU. There shouldn't be any Double Standards", went on to add in reply President Mesic.
In this relation, Croatia's President found "of paramount importance", CoE's "mechanisms enforcing ECHR's judgements"
- "On Refugees and Displaced persons, the process will be completed only after the last person demanding to return will be allowed to do so !", President Mesic Croatia stressed earlier, setting a general standard of obvious importance also for otherr candidates, as f.ex. Turkey, often accused to exclude or heavily restrict Greek Cypriot Displaced persons' return to their Family Homes and ancestral land, provoke difficulties to Turkish-Kurd IDPs return to their home regions at the South-East, etc.
Some "2.000 People are still reported Missing" in former Yugoslavia, for some Years, (as in Cyprus, modern Europe's oldest case, for 3 Decades. Nagorno-Karabach, Tcecnya in Russia, etc, more recently), and Investigations "will only be completed after establishing the fate of the last one of them", he added.
Speaking earlier on "War Crimes", President Mesic stressed that "Leaders are responsible for (the) Wars (of the Past), not the People", and called against Impunity : "Individuals have to be held Responsible for Crimes. International Penal Tribunals have to persecute those individuals", perpetrators of War Crimes, he underlined.
Such statements naturally made Mesic rather popular at ECHR, whose President, French EuroJudge, Professor Jean-Paul Costa, looked particularly smiling when he welcomed him later on Wednesday afternoon, after Slovenian President Daniko Tuerk earlier this week.