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In advance of the accession to the European Union of ten countries from Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean on 1 May, the Commission and Parliament are once again setting out their long list of requirements for these countries to meet. Although this list is more restrained than it has been in previous years, it still demonstrates the complete lack of balance that characterises the negotiating process, in other words the obligations imposed by the European Union on those countries that have applied to join.
The report exerts unrelenting pressure on the new countries to adopt the dangerous draft version of the so-called ‘European Constitution’ before 1 May, and to ensure that these countries have fully implemented the Community
. The report is obsessed with ensuring compliance with the rules of the capitalist ‘internal market’ and signals its approval of applying ‘safeguard clauses’, which are tools for blackmailing and pressurising these countries.
As to the unacceptable restrictions on freedom of movement imposed on these countries, I would simply say that these should be removed as swiftly as possible.
With regard to the consequences of neo-liberal policies, the report merely acknowledges a ‘significant increase in unemployment, inequality, and social exclusion’.
Concerning any serious evaluation of the socio-economic impact and consequences of enlargement and the measures necessary to address these, the report says nothing at all."@en1
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