” “"This is no time for rewriting, not even partly, the Constitution. We should instead shed light on the problems that the EU integration process is encountering, face the split between the citizens and the institutions, accomplish those reforms that would increase the effectiveness of our common institutions". Wolfgang Schüssel, Austrian Chancellor and president on duty of the EU Council, as he spoke at the Forum on the "Future of Europe" in Brussels, looked at the deadlock in which the EU is right now, mentioning a few priority actions. "The citizens expect proactive answers, they want to see how Europe works. For instance, about the new, potential enlargement, we must be able to tell them how far the Union can go, and, above all, how far it can go in taking up any new states". Schüssel then spoke of reducing and simplifying the EU regulations. "After this pause for reflection, enriched by the ongoing debate added the Viennese Chancellor between the late 2007 and the early 2008, we will be able to really decide how to move on and ratify and enforce the Constitution". MPs from the EU and the future EU member states lingered on the issue of the financial resources of the EU, its cultural identity, the citizens’ security, the energy market, the migratory flows, the accession of the Balkan countries.” “
