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"Mr President, enlargement is an opportunity for the European Union, probably its last opportunity, as the Union has failed in so many other areas. Yet nobody, neither the candidate countries, nor, in particular, the Fifteen, is prepared to accept the consequences, especially the financial consequences, of enlargement. Mr Prodi’s Commission did not rise to the occasion and it is clear that the desire to succeed, to consecrate his mandate at the head of the European Commission took precedence over any other considerations.
We want to extend our family circle, but we have not extended the house. On the contrary, since Nice, each party has retreated within its own private garden. We therefore need to have the courage to say that the decision on enlargement must be postponed. The principle is there. But the decision must be postponed at least until the European Convention, for example, proposes a new common architecture for the twenty-five States and new operating rules. The decision must not be taken in Copenhagen this December, but in Athens or Rome next year, which would not entail any delay in the accession of Member States should the decision be positive.
That is why I shall vote against the report presented to us by the Commission. I congratulate the Commission simply on having closed the door to Turkey, a decision which is essentially just as incomprehensible as the decision to open this same door."@en1
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