Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-10-03-Speech-2-190"

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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.20001003.5.2-190"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-10-03-Speech-2-1912
lpv:speaker	lp:Reino Paasilinna2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Suomen Sosialidemokraattinen Puolue/Finlands Socialdemokratiska Parti (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Temporary committee on the Echelon interception system (2000-07-06--2001-09-05)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Members of the Commission, ladies and gentlemen, enlargement beyond the former Iron Curtain is the work of peace. Peace brings hope and war destroys it. As we are demanding obedience to the law and an end to corruption of the applicant countries, we ourselves also have to establish the principles of equality and honesty. But differences in income among us have only grown, as has the information gap in many cases. Enlargement should not be achieved, however, by choosing the new NATO countries first. That would be tantamount to compliance with the logic of the war machine. Neither can we base enlargement on the idea that a given applicant naturally has priority over another as if, without it, the whole process could not start at all. The applicant countries must have equal status and their accession must depend only how much progress they have made. Certain notorious parties offering a shortcut are like dishonest judges at a sports competition. The Union will not be ready to accept new members if our unemployment rate remains as high as it is. It will inevitably lead to conflict, and even more instability caused by extremist movements. This is where we have to set to work. We must bring down the iron curtain that exists among us, as getting rid of social and educational inequality is a much more important condition than all the weight of the votes of the Commission or the Council. The ignorant and the excluded cannot make up the information society: they are a sure sign of its failure. I wish to warn all those who are ripping the Union in two, into an inner circle and the rest. We are just doing away with a divided Europe, and we are not going to create a new one now. The best way to simplify bureaucracy is to concentrate on those issues for which we must find a solution together. In the Member States and the local authorities it is essential to take decisions on those matters that relate to these common problems. Otherwise we will be moving towards a terrifying, controlled society, ruled by an ever-darkening core. Mr President, I suggest that the Commission give Parliament its assessment of how the internal preconditions of enlargement are developing, in the light of unemployment, exclusion and digital discrimination."@en1

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