Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-03-11-Speech-2-172"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-03-11"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:The neighbours of the enlarged Europe: a new framework for relations with the neighbours to the east and south2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030311.8.2-172"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-03-11-Speech-2-1732
lpv:speaker	lp:Sergio Berlato2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; ECON (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; AGRI (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; UEN (1999-07-22--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Alleanza nazionale (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; PECH (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the accession of the new Member States will expand Europe’s borders further, in that the Union will exert even greater influence over the continent, with the development of proximity policies which will create new potential partners which might become new Member countries in the future, as has happened in the case of the current accession countries. We find it hard, however, to imagine enlarging Europe even further without launching a debate which is now urgent: ultimately, how wide can Europe’s borders stretch? If we look southwards, towards the African shores of the Mediterranean, we see situations which have always been such as to make it clear that those countries cannot share development criteria, ideologies or political or religious beliefs with Europe, except, perhaps, Libya and Israel. If we look eastwards, we might consider granting membership to the Republics of Ukraine and Georgia. The same may be said of Norway, to the North, while, to the West, the Atlantic is in itself already a border. What are the widest borders that we can consider if we are not to drown the Union in an area of free trade, given the need to have a Union which does not go under whenever it has to address major international issues, as, I am sad to say, has been the case in recent days? The debate on which countries will be destined to become part of the Union and with which countries we should just form preferential cooperation relations will have to be addressed very carefully, given that cooperation cannot concern trade measures alone but must cover relations on sensitive issues such as respect for human rights and the control of migration flows too."@en1

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