demanded and which knew no bounds . His first conclusion involved ‘ affirming our own identity as a Community in order to open up to the East ’, which ‘ absolutely depends on the political will to show that , in the end , it is political unity that has prevailed over all the actions taken since the founders conceived the European idea ’. He highlighted the need to be ready , at the imminent European Council in Strasbourg in December , ‘ to successfully complete the fundamental plans that will allow our Europe to equip itself with the necessary economic and monetary , social and environmental policy tools and also to complete the internal market ’. He concluded by expressing his desire for ‘ the way in which the Community decides on its actions to serve as an example to the Eastern Bloc countries , which are searching , moving , worrying and hoping . For the millions of men and women who , like us , dream that one day Europe will be Europe ’.
Address by German Chancellor Helmut Kohl on the situation in Eastern Europe after the fall of the Berlin Wall at the EP in Strasbourg , 22 November 1989 . Mitterand and Baron Crespo are recognisable to the right and behind Kohl respectively | © Communautés européennes
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