§ Mr. RosindellTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will give his1642W understanding of the definition of the phrase the unification of Europe used in section 1 of the Laeken declaration. [39641]
§ Peter HainAs my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister stated in his speech at the Warsaw Stock Exchange in October 2000, the Government see Europe as
free, independent sovereign nations who choose to pool that sovereignty in pursuit of their own interests and the common good, achieving more together than we can achieve alone.