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We voted against this report, but not because we are opposed to the principle of European enlargement. On the contrary, we feel that integrating peoples that have the democratic means to discuss and resolve this type of issue would be a positive step.
The European institutions are not in the least bit interested in the opinion of the peoples of Euroep, whether they are Members of the European Union or not. French workers have no more had the chance to say what they think about the Charter of Fundamental Rights than the people of Lithuania have about joining the Union.
What this report is actually proposing is to enlarge an economic market. The criteria laid down at the Copenhagen Council in 1993 on democratisation or the ability to withstand competition actually strengthen the hand of unrestrained, destructive capitalism, in the guise of
. The rapporteur is furthermore forced to acknowledge that “the changes taking place in the candidate countries have led to social problems and in particular to marked social stratification and in some cases high unemployment.” The various structural adjustment plans demand forced privatisations in all strategic sectors: finance, insurance, industry, education, and public services, etc., and impose budgetary restrictions.
Ultimately, underdevelopment is on the increase and there is an explosion in poverty even in countries such as Poland and Hungary, which are meeting their targets for ‘growth’. So where is the ‘progress’ for the populations of these countries who have never been consulted?"@en1
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