Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-10-03-Speech-2-160"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-10-03"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Progress towards accession by the 12 candidate countries2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20001003.4.2-160"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-10-03-Speech-2-1612
lpv:speaker	lp:Jean Saint-josse2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2001-07-01)3 substitute; Committee on Development and Cooperation (1999-07-21--2001-06-11)3 co-chair; EDD (1999-07-20--2002-07-02)3 unknown; Chasse, Pêche, Nature, Traditions (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, yesterday six States, today fifteen and tomorrow twenty-eight, but what sort of a Europe are we building? Have we managed to establish the Europe of diversities which the peoples of our countries are hoping and praying for? This is more than a question; it is a real challenge, and it is up to us to accept it. Reducing enlargement to the adoption of the as we are currently doing, means indulging in the highly technocratic exercise of making the candidate states take on thousands of Community regulations, while being incapable of implementing them ourselves. The increasingly strong reservations expressed by our peoples and Denmark’s recent rejection of the euro serve to remind us of that. Now that we are engaged in reviewing the Treaties, some States are already calling for a new reform. Once again, this constant groping around shows either that we do not know where we are going or that we know only too well and that it is too shameful to mention. It would be just as irresponsible to wish to go further. Quite rightly, the Commission has stressed the risk of quality and speed being incompatible. I think specifically that in going too quickly to six then to fifteen we have displayed our inability to build a Europe which respects the disparities between its initial members. Is it reasonable to move ahead in the same manner? I do not think so, and we therefore refuse, today, to follow you down this road which, in the long term, will do nothing but smother the hope of a lasting peace on the continent of Europe. Tomorrow will tell."@en1
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