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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 countries (continued)2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20001003.5.2-166"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-10-03-Speech-2-1672
lpv:speaker	lp:Per Stenmarck2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (1999-10-07--2002-01-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (1999-10-12--2002-03-07)3 unknown; Moderata samlingspartiet (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; BUDG (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 chair; Delegation to the EU-Estonia Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-07--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, many people form the impression that enlargement of the EU is a project which is going to cost an incredible amount of money. That is not an entirely correct description of how things look in reality, as noted as early as during the Berlin Summit in March 1999 when the budget guidelines were drawn up. It was then clearly shown that we can in fact tackle enlargement successfully within the EU’s budget. In the opinion on the Brok report, for which I was responsible and which has been backed by the Committee on Budgets, the conclusion is the same. The vast majority of international investigations point to macroeconomic gains in connection with enlargement. This applies to the candidate countries, but in fact it also applies to all current Member States. To these should be added all the other advantages which cannot be measured in figures or assessed in economic terms. Through enlargement, we shall be participating in the largest common market in the world, with almost 500 million people and 25 per cent of world trade. We shall obtain increased competition and a more rapid process of reform in Western Europe too. Better conditions for economic growth will be created throughout Europe. Albeit in a somewhat longer time-scale, we shall be obtaining a common currency for the whole continent. Together, we shall be able to solve Europe’s cross-border environmental problems. We shall acquire an extended and stable democracy and, with it, opportunities for enduring peace on what has been a constantly war-torn continent. The composite picture of enlargement does not therefore point to insuperable costs but to gains, however the calculations are carried out. They are so great that enlargement ought to be undertaken as soon as it possibly can be."@en1

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