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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-06-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Enlargement of the Union2
dcterms:Language	"da"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020612.5.3-222"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-06-12-Speech-3-2232
lpv:speaker	lp:Torben Lund2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Temporary committee on foot and mouth disease (2002-01-17--2002-12-17)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Poland Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-06--2004-04-30)3 unknown; Socialdemokratiet (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; PES (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I should first like to thank both the Presidency and the Commission. In my opinion, they have both done a splendid piece of work over a long period. I find it very encouraging that the timetable for the negotiations with the candidate countries looks as if it will be kept to, so that the negotiations concerning ten countries can be concluded by December under the Danish Presidency. The candidate countries have made a great effort to comply with the Copenhagen Criteria and implement the EU’s regulations. One crucial thing is now missing, namely a strengthening of the administrative capacity or management structure so that the legislation can also responsibly be put into effect. I would again praise the Commission for its action programme for developing administrative capacity. In my view, this has been a big help to many candidate countries. The ten candidate countries will probably be ready, but rather more doubts can be entertained about the EU’s own preparedness. I think this is cause for concern, not because of either the Commission’s or the Spanish Presidency’s handling of the matter but because we are in the grotesque situation in which the Fifteen have still not been able to reach agreement on a common position regarding the issue of direct aid to agriculture, and the divisions between the EU countries are particularly striking in this area. Until such time, furthermore, as there is a common position, we must stick to the Commission’s proposal in the area of agriculture, which I should like, moreover, to applaud. It is a sensible and very balanced proposal which can also ensure that the competitive situation for both Polish and other farmers is fair and just, without the EU’s funds drying up in the course of a few years. I think it is also right constantly to emphasise that enlargement and the forthcoming agricultural reform should be kept separate. In my opinion, it would be an historic mistake if the candidate countries were to be turned into hostages of the Member States’ own internal disagreements. I have great confidence that the Danish Presidency, together with the Commission, can take over the issue and that, jointly, they will do their utmost to remove the remaining sticking points so that the dream we all have of a Europe characterised by close cooperation can become a reality."@en1

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