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"Mr President, I have often, in this Assembly, had the opportunity to quote from the excellent Norwegian handbook for mountaineers. The eminently simple message is that, in the event of discrepancies between the map and the terrain, it is the terrain which should be followed. There are many examples, both in this House and in the European Union as a whole, of this fundamental rule’s not being taken note of. Life goes on behind a veil of illusion, and the most striking example I have experienced is probably, in fact, this debate.
None of the fundamental problems of what is termed eastward enlargement has been solved. On the one hand, there is no doubt that the economic realities will entail our maintaining the tradition, going back many years, of Western European exploitation of our Eastern European neighbours, involving differences in wages, differences in capital and so on. On the other hand, the adjustment taking place is an expression of the demand for an infrastructure, which was referred to by my fellow countryman Torben Lund and which is a long way from being in place. What is required is simply unfeasible. Let me just add that our excellent Minister for Europe is a terrific songwriter but that songwriting ability is not enough in this context."@en1
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