Brussels, 06/03/2007 (Agence Europe) - The European Parliament's Federalist Intergroup (which has 104 members from 22 countries and 5 political groups) diffused its “declaration on the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Rome”, which affirms that “the European Union needs to complete its constitutional process in order to be fully equipped to meet the demands of the 21st Century and the aspirations of a large majority of its citizens. With no Constitution, Europe will lack internal cohesion and external strength”. Presenting this declaration to the press, Andrew Duff said it would be forwarded to the German EU Council presidency with a view to the Berlin Declaration. Jo Leinen stressed that this “Community method” for the EU's institutional functioning is in practice the federalist method. Libor Roucek, elected in the Czech Republic, admitted it is not easy to be federalist at this time either in his country or in Poland, but that public opinion is evolving. Giörgy Schöplin, Carlos Cornero and Gérard Onesta also attended the presentation of the declaration to the press. (fr)