EUROPE: BARROSO AND WALLSTROM (EU COMMISSION), "THE CITIZENS’ POLITICAL AGENDA FOR A UE THAT DELIVERS" (2)

” “The deputy president of the EU Commission, Margot Wallström, stated, as she presented with Barroso the "citizens’ agenda" for "a Europe that delivers": "This agenda proves we are listening to the citizens. They want to have their say and expect Europe to play a guiding role. Even if they have conflicting feelings about their belonging to the EU or the way the EU works, they trust the EU will be able to implement its policies". Barroso and Wallström confirmed the "commitments undertaken by the EU for the future accessions", although they said that their implications for the EU need to be cleared. The EU Commission is about to publish "a strategic document on external relations and this year it will open a debate on the impact of further globalisation on the European Union": "We need more Europe – added Barroso, as he spoke with the accredited press in Brussels -. Economically, to face the demographic challenges, for dialogue among different cultures". Institutionally, the EU Commission submitted the idea that "the leaders of the 25 member states should adopt a new Declaration" to promote political integration, maybe in 2007, 50 years after the signing of the Treaties which established the European Community. And what about the Constitution? "We need extra time. We need a shared decision if we want all of the member states to ratify it".” “