Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-05-14-Speech-3-140"
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"Mr President, Commissioner, Europe has never set itself limits. It began with six and could easily have begun with seven or eight. Even today, Article 3 of the draft constitution states that ‘the Union shall be open to all European states whose peoples share the same values’, but it refrains from specifying what a European state is at all. Yet it is never a good thing not to let people know where the borders are as this is more worrying for them than reassuring.
Thus, each person has their borders in mind. For some people, including myself, they stop at the North African countries, which are our neighbours and friends; it is therefore appropriate to envisage optimum partnerships with them. The borders also stop at Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine as these countries form part of a whole, just as Russia does. They are also neighbours and friends.
For many, the borders do not include Turkey or the Caucasus. We made this promise of integration 40 years ago, but it is by no means certain that the people agree with us. In fact, in this case, our neighbours would be Iran, Iraq and Syria. I believe that optimum associations must be proposed to this group.
In any event, in order to ensure a successful future for Europe, we must set a limit to its expansion. You know the proverb: ‘Do not bite off more than you can chew’."@en1
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