13
Dec
2023
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Review of the Spanish Presidency of the Council (debate)
Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, there is only one thing that can be said to take stock of what has already been said, and I apologise for using the term that has been used, which is selfishness. But isn’t this selfishness shared a bit by everyone here? And how can we make the union when everyone ultimately obeys their own interests? Sadly, there is unfortunately only disunity in this European Union, because there is, under the guise of a kind of dedication, only a willingness to serve oneself and one's own interests. The European Union, from this point of view, is a failure because, unfortunately, we have not been able, and it is very sad for the common good, to go beyond our personal egoisms to arrive at a universalism of interest.