” ” "How can we overcome the differences that we find in the EU today? How can we steer clear of the ultra-conservatism that looms ahead" and that "would prevent us pursuing the effective results the citizens expect of Europe?". Nicolas Sarkozy, president of France and the current president of the Council of the 27 member states, presented his programme to the European Parliament, gathered in Strasbourg. The recipe proposed by the tenant of the Elysium, especially after Ireland’s "no" to the Lisbon Treaty, is "to join forces, all of the 27 member states". "That’s why I will go to Dublin on 21st July to listen to" the Irish government, "so that then together we can find a way out" from this institutional deadlock. "The Lisbon Treaty will not solve the challenges that loom ahead by itself explained the speaker , but it is certainly the best possible compromise. And I would like to add that there will be no new intergovernmental conference, and there will be no new Treaty. We only have to decide whether we will go to the election for the future European Parliament in June 2009 with the old system based on the Nice Treaty or with the new one outlined in Lisbon". (continued)
