18/08/2005 (Agence Europe) - In an interview to the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung on 16 August, Austrian Chancellor Wolgang Schüssel was asked what he expected from Tony Blair's presidency (he will be taking over from it in January 2006). He explained that his presidency would begin the debate on the future of Europe and produce a new proposal “to improve the Luxembourg proposal on the budget” (in this context, Schüssel said in passing that the European agricultural model was better than the Asian, North and South American models). The Austrian presidency would tackle the “theme of centralisation in Europe”. He explained that during “the active reflection phase on the European project” after the French and Dutch rejections of the European constitution they should not just consider the Constitution as “we can also change European Commissioner policies”. Asked whether people wanted more subsidiarity, less centralisation, focus on the essential and whether they were afraid of Turkish or Ukrainian enlargement, Schüssel replied, “we can now follow a more cautious line or we can go forward again to the French and Dutch public and say: you see, we have understood and seen the consequences. After 2007, for example, when political changes are completed in one or other of the countries, we could envisage a new beginning”. On the issue of Turkey, Schüssel reiterated his position, explaining that it was normal that during negotiations “we cannot exclude in the long term the possibility of accession but…I think an alternative is needed…If complete accession is not achieved…there should be another good offer made to Turkey”.