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"en.20041025.12.1-036"2
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"Mr President, there is an issue I should like to bring to the attention of the House. Nearly six months have passed since the enlargement of the European Union to include ten new Member States. Since then, the new Member States and the old Member States are supposed to constitute a single common structure. Integration is supposed to be apparent in many key areas, yet we are experiencing marked delays in the full integration of the new Member States. This is why I believe that serious thought should be given to revising transitional periods, so that obstacles are not placed in the way of the development of the new Member States, and so that their full integration with the other Member States can be accelerated. This applies primarily to transitional periods relating to the free movement of persons and the free movement of services. These two areas are crucial for genuine European integration and for developing the entrepreneurship necessary for the development of national economies. We must not stand idly by as service providers from the new Member States are faced with worse conditions and greater difficulties on the European market than those from the old Member States. With regard to the free movement of persons, it is also apparent that the countries that opened their labour markets after 1 May, such as Great Britain and Sweden, are not experiencing ..."@en1
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