Britain is now in the driver's seat on the big issues before the European Council. Members simply do not want to confront the reality of Europe. At Helsinki, we were in the driving seat on enlargement. We were in the driving seat, at Lisbon, on economic reform. We will again be in the driving seat, at Feira, on European security.
European security is a British initiative.
The British Prime Minister launched it at the Portschach summit, and we took it forward in alliance with France and with Germany. Two years later, we can look back with satisfaction on how well that initiative has prospered and at the consensus within Europe that we have built around what was a British idea. The right hon. Most of the rest of Europe is grateful for half a century of unprecedented peace. Integration between our economies has made unthinkable war between our countries.