Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-11-06-Speech-3-066"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-11-06"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Outcome of the European Council (Brussels, 24 and 25 October 2002)2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20021106.6.3-066"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-11-06-Speech-3-0672
lpv:speaker	lp:Alexandros Baltas2
lpv:spokenAs	member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Panellinio Socialistiko Kinima (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Bulgaria Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Hungary Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-03-07--2004-04-30)3 substitute; AGRI (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the enlargement of the European Union in terms of numbers is now a fact of life. It is also a fact of life that geographically – apart from a few missing enclaves – Europe is turning into a huge entity with massive economic and political clout, the future of which is beginning to look interesting. The single currency, enlargement, efforts to bring about a common defence and security policy and the work being carried out by the convention clearly show that Europe is moving and is moving dynamically. Enlargement is without doubt a positive development on the road to European unification. However, it still has problems to resolve and questions to answer. There are matters which need clearing up in the agricultural sector, for example. And it is the agricultural sector, the CAP, with its massive fund of experience and coherence, that has been common reference point for European as opposed to national policy from the birth of the EEC through to the present day. Enlargement must help strengthen this common policy, not upset the balanced compromise achieved, be it between the 15 or the 25 Member States of the Union. Numerous candidate countries are behind economically and do not have the administrative wherewithal to apply the acquis communautaire efficiently and these too are problems we need to address. Do these or other problems detract from the huge, positive contribution of enlargement to the future of Europe? No, they do not. Enlargement makes a most positive contribution to the future of Europe, the importance of which will become more and more apparent with each passing day. I must stress how important it is that Cyprus has been included as a new Member State. By integrating Cyprus into the European Union, the outermost point of Europe and its Mediterranean dimension have now been covered. I am positive that at some point – be it before or after integration – this development will help resolve the political problem that has beset Cyprus for years."@en1
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