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"Mr President, we have arrived at a crucial milestone in the history of Europe. I think that all of us experienced a pleasant buzz during this morning’s meeting. From 1 May 2004, the Community will include no fewer than 25 countries. Almost the whole of Europe will now be united as a community. Ten candidate countries have essentially completed their preparations for membership. It has been a demanding and often painful process for these countries. They have still to develop the administrative and judicial capacity needed for implementing and complying with EU legislation in purely practical terms, for example in the areas of agriculture, food and the environment. That also applies at regional and local levels.
One of the things I believe is that it is important for there, in actual practice, to be compliance in all the sectors with the requirements for the integration of environmental and health protection. That especially applies within agriculture and within infrastructure development. It is a requirement that applies not only up until the accession of the new Member States but also, and most significantly of all of course, after that date. Within the framework established as recently as at the Brussels Summit in October, the conditions of accession are now finally to be agreed for each individual new Member State. What is fundamentally required in the negotiations is a high degree of flexibility, as well as of solidarity both with the candidate countries and, reciprocally, between the Member States. We must see to it that the new Member States are guaranteed fair conditions of competition so that their accession to the EU can make a positive contribution to the development of the countries’ prosperity. Moreover, I say this partly because only a positive and convincing endorsement by people at the forthcoming referendums will put this important enlargement in the proper perspective. I am convinced that the Danish Presidency and Commissioner Verheugen have the flexibility and the attitude of solidarity that will make it possible in Copenhagen to take the final decision on accession for each individual country, and if not on 12 December, then on 13 December."@en1
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