So that we focus not on competing visions for Europe but on what Europe can do to improve economic growth, to give us a cleaner environment, to create more jobs, to make us more secure.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
What we need is a common goal for more Europe.
What is most important for Europe is economic growth and jobs, security at home and safety in the world.
Above all it is important to point out that we can only maintain our prosperity in Europe if we belong to the most innovative regions in the world.
Because with courage and conviction I believe we can deliver a more flexible, adaptable and open European Union in which the interests and ambitions of all its members can be met.
So Europe needs to be competitive and we also need to be competitive if we wish to remain an interesting economic partner for the United States. This has to be done on the basis of strength, of competitiveness.
That is now my mission: to provide a European vision of growth, employment, prosperity - in one word, our future.
The structures in Europe in a globalising economy need to be modernised, need to be more integrated, need to be stronger.
We should be therefore supporting a larger Europe, and in so doing we should strive to expand the zone of peace and prosperity in the world which is the necessary foundation for a stable international system in which our leadership could be fruitfully exercised.
To avoid the trap of Europe fragmenting on the economy, security, and identity, we have to return to the original promises of the European project: peace, prosperity and freedom. We should have a real, adult, democratic debate about the Europe we want.
What we have to do is reinvent the idea of Europe.