The following speech was delivered by the Chairnan of the Greek parliament (Mrs Benaki) to the new President of the Greek Democracy (Mr Papoulias) on February 8th 2005
translation:
"You
assume, Mr President, the Presidency of the Hellenic
Republic for five years where there will be major
events and developments: The European integration will promote possibly
by the adoption of a Constitutional Treaty, national borders
and a part of national sovereignty will be limited for the
sake of peace , prosperity and security in an
enlarged Europe, human rights and citizenship will
be subject to change and maybe protected, but
also violated by authorities and powers beyond the
known and established, however, and the Democracy will
face challenges and will be tested by possible new forms of governance."
