We prepared and negotiated with the Council and the Commission the Conférence Interinstitutionnelle Préparatoire ( CIP ), prior to the Conventions and the Conference of the European Parliament with national Parliaments in Rome in November 1990 , to discuss the framework for the Treaty on European Union ( TUE ).
None of its points were as in the electoral programmes - they were in our aspirations .
We lived through momentous times , more fruitful than interesting , because we had learnt to amend our history of ‘ enfer et paradis ’ and build on joint endeavours of common values and shared destiny .
People power peacefully broke down the Wall dividing Europe and the world . However , there are still many mental walls between us in the noble cause that we share . The walls of mistrust and narrow nationalism are more difficult to combat and overcome than physical walls .
On 29 December 1989 , the dissident Václav Havel was elected President of Czechoslovakia .
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