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"en.20020613.4.4-128"2
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The Communist Party of Greece has stressed repeatedly that the so-called enlargement of the ΕU is motivated neither by charity towards the nations involved nor historical necessity. It is a classic example of imperialist expansionism which has found fertile ground following the collapse of the Socialist system in Europe and the break up of the USSR. The aim is to bring small, weak countries under the umbrella of the western European wing of the international imperialist system. As the European Parliament's resolution reveals, enlargement goes hand in glove with the eastward expansion of NATO.
The entire accession process reminds me of colonial-type dependencies. Its sole purpose to is hand the national wealth of these countries over to western European capital and bring them into line with capitalist restructuring (the famous "
"), grab their public property and wipe out everything Socialism achieved, in collusion with the local Mafia. The consequences for the multitude of small and medium-sized farmers in the candidate countries will be devastating.
As regards the accession of Cyprus, our party warned a long time ago that the Helsinki decision would make it easier to impose a solution which maintained the partition. Unfortunately, events over recent months have proven us right. Candidate status had a coercive effect on Cyprus and encouraged Turkish intransigence, with the complicity of the ΕU. And the welcome reference in the report to a single sovereign Cypriot state does nothing to change this.
That is why the MEPs of the Communist Party of Greece voted against the report."@en1
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