President. – Thank you, Mr Tusk. The Polish Presidency, as can also be seen from the applause and sympathy it is receiving in the Chamber, has gained the respect of the European Parliament, of many countries and of many representatives of the European Union for precisely the attitude we have just seen expressed – an attitude which is exceptionally worthy of the European Union, one which fosters the further development of the Union and which also fosters the discovery of answers to the most important and most difficult questions which we face in the Union today. We have endeavoured to respond to these difficulties during this Presidency, and the Polish Government and the Polish Representation have helped us effectively in this. Naturally, I would like to thank you for the kind words you addressed to me, but it was the European Parliament which created the atmosphere and it is the European Parliament which gives strength to successive presidencies. It also gave – I am sure of this – great strength and energy to the Polish Presidency.

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