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"Mr Barroso, it has fallen to you to lead a changed Union. The changes have come about because of the accession of ten new Member States and because of the new eastern border. This House believes you have every intention of fulfilling the incoming Commission’s historic mission. Nonetheless, if the Commission’s actions are characterised by inertia, and if its strategic political approach fails to take these two new parameters into account, the mission will not be accomplished, Mr President of the Commission.
This mission consists of bringing together a Europe torn asunder at Yalta. It involves creating a new eastern dimension for the European Union. The first objective has to be the reunification of Europe, and ensuring that theoretical enlargement is consolidated through greater cohesion and economic solidarity should be one of the main and ongoing objectives of the Barroso Commission. It must be an objective in its own right, and not secondary to the Lisbon strategy and subsumed within it. In addition, good governance of the new Union calls for cohesion to be achieved by levelling out differences in economic development.
According to your statement to the House, Mr Barroso, one cannot have more Europe for less money. You must therefore stand firm against the selfish attitudes of net contributors and of those Member States no longer eligible for cohesion funding following their economic success. The new Constitution requires greater political solidarity, and it is impossible to ensure credible consolidation of the Union on the basis of this new Constitution whilst simultaneously refusing or indeed reducing economic solidarity. Such a policy would be inconsistent and therefore ineffective. I appeal to you, Mr Barroso, to defend the original budget proposal put forward by the Commission. I urge you to hold an in-depth discussion with Commissioner Grybauskaitė. As we understand it, in Parliament she adopted a position contrary to yours.
The second objective must be the new eastern dimension. The Union is a community of values, and we ought to be delighted that these values are spreading beyond our borders. We should be exporting democracy and human rights. On the one hand, the Commission’s eastern policy should be firmer, more demanding and speedier, and on the other, it should be more open and generous to fledgling democracies. It needs to be a diverse policy, and one that imposes conditions. It should encourage democratic choice, as in Ukraine. Ukraine needs action, not merely words. Its European aspirations should be welcomed, and it should be offered something more than the old action plan prepared before the great democratic transformation. It should be offered an Association Agreement. The new eastern policy calls for new instruments. The Union is in danger of allowing itself to be led by old objectives. New challenges call for new approaches. We trust you will foster the latter, Mr Barroso."@en1
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