Graham Watson - Liberal Democrat MEP for South-West England and Gibraltar

A step forward for Europe but a victory for nobody - Watson

11.39.43am BST (GMT +0100) Sat 23rd Jun 2007

Welcoming the agreement on the the outlines of a mandate for the Intergovernmental Conference, Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (ALDE) Group Leader Graham Watson MEP said:

"This is a step forward for Europe but a victory for nobody. The difficulty in reaching agreement between 27 countries underlines the need for a revised Treaty. EU integration will continue to be driven by developments in the outside world rather than by idealism from within. We must create a Union fit for purpose and we do not have the luxury of time."

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