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Broadly speaking, we can only agree with the new strategy decided on at the Helsinki European Council of 10 and 11 December 1999 that aims to open negotiations with all Eastern European candidate countries – but not at any cost.
Although social degradation in Romania continues and in no area is the process of reform complete, the rapporteur dares to say that ‘Romania today has opportunities for swift progress unequalled in modern times. Firm political leadership, exceptional economic signals, clear articulation of, and commitment to, the reform process...’ Yet its true intentions come to light later on: ‘…a NATO decision to invite Romania to become a member of the North Atlantic Alliance in 2002 would be an important contribution to regional security;
welcomes therefore Romania’s efforts to satisfy the requisite conditions for NATO membership and, in particular, Romania’s efforts to restructure its military sector and to adjust its defence policy’. There is the strong possibility that Romania will be offered NATO membership as a substitute for accession to the European Union, which is increasingly unimaginable, since the reforms are prohibitive for development due to the huge costs involved in integration. We are nevertheless asking Romania to prepare herself…for entry into NATO. For these reasons, we were not able to vote for this report."@en1
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