2. Confirms its commitment to achieving without undue delay a constitutional settlement which strengthens parliamentary democracy, transparency and the rule of law, anchors fundamental rights, develops citizenship, and enhances the capacity of the enlarged Union to act effectively at home and abroad; fears that without such a constitutional settlement it will not be possible for the Union to expect the support of its citizens, to maintain the momentum of integration and to become a credible partner in world affairs; recalls its endorsement of the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe as achieving these objectives; calls also o ...[+++]n the European Council of June 2006 solemnly to declare the same commitment to a constitutional settlement on the future of Europe;

We agree that the mission of the higher education is to contribute to sustainable development and the improvement of society in its global perspective: to educate and to prepare well-qualified graduates capable of attending to all aspects of human activity; to promote, manage and diffuse knowledge through research; to interpret, preserve and promote cultural in its pluralist and cultural diversity context; to offer lifelong learning possibilities; to contribute to the development and improvement of education in all its levels; to protect and promote civil society, nurturing young people in accordance with the values of democratic citizenship and com ...[+++]petent to provide critical and independent perspectives at all debates of the strategic options to the reinforcement of humanist perspectives.