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"Mr President, Mr Nicolaï, the Dutch Presidency has nearly come to an end. It was, of course, not the easiest of times to lead Europe, but we had no choice. It already had a late start, following the recess; then there was the handicap of a newly-elected Parliament that was starting to find its feet, and that was followed by the Commission which came about in fits and starts. Under this not terribly lucky star, the Netherlands still tried to set to work. That is why I think that the Netherlands should count its blessings, because despite the short period of time, an awful lot got done, for example, with regard to the Hague Programme for internal security, the security of our citizens. In that respect, Minister Donner, who is so often under fire in the Netherlands, has, together with his colleagues, done an excellent job.
Mr Eurlings has already said a few things about Turkey; I do not propose to repeat them. Something I do have difficulty with and which I think merits a comment is the
acceptance of Romania and Bulgaria acceding. I think that we need to let the Council, the summit, know that the matter, particularly in relation to Romania, is certainly not done and dusted, because in that country, human rights, women’s rights and children’s rights are still being violated and corruption is still rampant. In any event, all things being equal, I do not think it is all that certain that Parliament will say ‘yes’ to it. With the same thing in mind, I should also like to make a remark about Croatia. It appears that there is much more reserve with regard to that country, and I would like to ask the Dutch Presidency whether that attitude would not stifle any initiatives.
Finally, I turn to the Lisbon agenda, the ambitions of which should, of course, be measured against the funding that is being set aside for this purpose. In my view, at the summit, the 1% club should in any event ensure that the requirements for Lisbon and the question as to how social cohesion can be best achieved with the ten new Member States are examined more effectively. Ambitions and funding should tally with each other."@en1
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