on behalf of the ALDE Group. - Mr President, it is fitting that the Reform Treaty should be signed in the city which Caesar once named 'Felicitas Julia', because it has overcome years of attack, siege, even last-minute subterfuge, to emerge bloodied and bruised, yet more or less intact, as the blueprint for a more democratic and transparent European Union.
fraktsiooni ALDE nimel. - Härra president, see, et reformileping peaks allkirjastatama linnas, millele Caesar on andnud nime Felicitas Julia, on sobilik, kuna see linn on saanud jagu aastatepikkustest rünnakutest, piiramisest, isegi viimase minuti riugastest, et väljuda verise ja muserdatuna, kuid siiski enam-vähem tervelt, nagu demokraatlikuma ja läbipaistvama Euroopa Liidu projekt. Felicitas, Jose.