He ended by adapting the famous "Ich bin ein Berliner" quote from the late US President John F Kennedy during the Cold War.

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He said he hoped future generations would "say with pride 'Ich bin ein Europaer', 'Je suis fier d'etre Europeen', 'I'm proud to be European'".

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K. spoke, just as no native speaker of German, or one who does know this language would titter if someone said, Ich bin ein Wiener or Hamburgeror Frankfurter.

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