I should like to end by expressing my pride as an Italian Member of this Parliament – a feeling that any other European Member would feel in these circumstances – at taking part in a founding action of the European Union, a Union which is today led by two Italian representatives, Silvio Berlusconi and Romano Prodi. We are certain they will not disappoint us but will, instead, prove worthy of Italy’s history and the creation of the Community.
Je voudrais conclure en exprimant ma fierté - un sentiment que n’importe quel autre collègue européen éprouverait dans les mêmes circonstances -, en tant que député italien, de participer à un acte fondateur de l’Union européenne, une Union qui, aujourd’hui, a à sa tête deux représentants italiens, MM. Berlusconi et Prodi.