Let our New Year's resolution be this: we will be there for one another as fellow members of humanity, in the finest sense of the word.

Humanity is not a church made of stone, in which vault after vault lies open.

I don't think there will be a deal on the budget; the differences are too big,

The European Union sticks to the Kyoto Protocol and (will) go for a ratification process.

It is the hope of the European Union that Ariel Sharon will keep the peace process alive and continue the dialogue according to the wishes of all the parties involved,

For the new year you have to be realistic.