Wales, he said, wanted to be "an active and constructive partner" in Europe.

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As the sole institution which triggered this process, the European Parliament both welcomes it and intends to play an active and constructive part in these positive new developments.

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The German foreign minister went out of his way to say that he hoped the UK would continue to play an "active" and "constructive" role in the EU. He offered a concession: he agreed that not everything decided in Brussels needed to remain at a European level.

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