For this reason it is fundamentally important that national interests be overcome in favor of a single European policy and that the Member States step up their cooperation on a common foreign and security policy as well as an internal security policy. I therefore welcome the EU's special constitutional convention.
The assembled politicians and officials have the task of proposing a concept for the EU which will match our continental dimension and the requirements of the 21st century. I acknowledge that this convention is a bold experiment in consultative democracy.