Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-10-09-Speech-3-025"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-10-09"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Adoption of the Commission report on the progress made towards enlargement2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20021009.4.3-025"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-10-09-Speech-3-0262
lpv:speaker	lp:Nelly Maes2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; G/EFA (2002-01-08--2004-07-19)3 unknown; België Spirit (2002-01-08--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 member; Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (2002-02-06--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Development and Cooperation (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioners, we in Flanders have been dreaming of being Flemish and of becoming European since the nineteenth century. With the accession of ten new countries, the European area of peace and stability is growing, and so is the scope for human rights and democracy. This is a reason to rejoice. Candidate countries were given powerful incentives to bring about the necessary changes. We, however, have not shown the same level of commitment to forcefully implementing the changes that are necessary to fashion this real Europe. Former enlargements have shown that prosperity has increased, both in the countries concerned and for EU citizens. Mr Prodi has stated that the costs will be reimbursed, but our citizens are not all convinced of this. Quite the reverse. It will require courage and powers of persuasion to remove the feelings of uncertainty and fear, particularly at a time of economic decline. Moreover, there are still flaws in the system. Mr Prodi himself mentioned fraud, corruption and the trafficking in human beings. The problems surrounding Cyprus and Poland's internal problems were also mentioned, and the discussion on Turkey is overshadowing everything else. We should not arouse false expectations. Hence the need for us to inform our citizens of what is at stake. We as regionalists and peoples without a state are very sensitive to the problems that still exist with regard to discrimination against peoples and cultural minorities. We are sensitive to the non-recognition of regional and historical realities in the different accession countries. All of this raises the question of whether we still have the time and resources to put these things right before accession becomes a reality. However, we are giving accession the green light today because a red light would be a sign of hostility, while we are, quite rightly in fact, dreaming of this area of peace and stability."@en1

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