Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-10-03-Speech-2-181"

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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	"fi"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20001003.5.2-181"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-10-03-Speech-2-1822
lpv:speaker	lp:Esko Seppänen2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Vasemmistoliitto (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; BUDG (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; EUL/NGL (1999-10-13--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; CONT (2000-05-03--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Estonia Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, enlargement will not be achieved in a controlled and organised way in accordance with the timetable the Commission is proposing. The talks do not need to reach a conclusion at the end of 2002 simply for the sake of political ambition, if the problems are not solved by then. We must keep political urgency at bay. The biggest problem is the different level of development of the countries. The best illustration of that is the reunification of Germany. In Germany the economic, social and cultural differences have not been as great as those among the present Member States and many of the applicant countries but the process has nonetheless come to cost EUR 600 billion. Where will we find the money for still much greater sums, to reduce the much greater differences in levels of development? Commissioner Verheugen’s idea of a referendum on enlargement was heavily criticised, and the reason is obvious: those who have to pay cannot be let to decide on the matter. I propose that the model for enlargement be the same that was implemented in connection with the previous round of enlargement. The applicant countries first should join the European Economic Area, where they can harmonise their economies with that of the EU, without political commitments or coercion."@en1

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