Brussels, 16/06/2005 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday evening Parliament president Josep Borrell addressed EU Heads of State and Governments during the opening of the European Council and said that after the French and Dutch no-vote on the European Constitution, the majority of the European Parliament believed that States had to be able to express their opinion after adjusting the calendar. He also averred that they should use this period effectively for debate and reflection and avoid the “stop and go” being categorised by too many stop and very little go. Borrell also pointed out what they should not do: accept a step backwards in the European project and give in to populism; pretend that nothing ha happened when they really needed to analyse the reasons for the no vote; decree a pause without defining the limits or explaining what they wanted to do during this period; begin to “analyse the acquits Communautaires; leave the debate in the hands of the experts, personalities “who are supposed to know”, or create other institutional structures in a hurry, or come up with a legal hotchpotch as the Constitution is a whole (for example, more than a third of the articles in the first part refer to the third). To mobilise Europeans in favour of the “future project of the enlarged Europe”, Borrell called on European institutions and governments so send out positive signals of European added value all the time (for example, on internal security). Parliament should soon make a decision on important legislative dossiers which have been much discussed during the referendum campaigns, such as draft directives on liberalisation of services and working time. He noted that in this context they should count on a positive dialogue between institutions, and notable on the future British presidency for “fining adequate solutions. According to Borrell they had to deal with the context that produced the no-vote and tackle at least to major themes, the European model of society (Parliament is ready to contribute to this debate, “which we could jointly organise” and Europe's borders (they need to make a distinction between the notion of reunification of Europe which has characterised recent enlargement and future enlargement). On financial perspectives Borrell warned his counterparts that if they did not decide now it would become more difficult and without financial perspectives, “we would in any case have to decide on a budget for 2007, and you know what the Treaty says on this”. Mr Borrell also hopes that an agreement on financial perspectives “independently of the positive signal that it would give in the current period, will mark the beginning of new reflection on better adequacy between objectives, that we should achieve together, as well as the means necessary for achieving them”. On substance, he said as the Böge report was adopted, the Parliament is positioned between the Commission and the Council Presidency, while being “certainly closer to the Commission”. According to the Parliament, the EU will not be able to carry out its ambitions with a ceiling of 1% of GNI, he warned again, adding: “We want an agreement and we want it in good time but not any agreement”, and our approval is necessary