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"Madam President, I should like by way of introduction to make the members of the European Parliament privy to the hostage-taking in Athens today, to the hijacking of a bus with innocent citizens on their way to work. I mention this in order to highlight the need to formulate an efficient policy at European level on urban security.
Now to the subject in hand. Bulgaria made noteworthy progress in converting to a pluralistic democracy and functional market economy in keeping with European instructions at both political and economic level. The integration of Bulgaria into the European Union in 2007, in conjunction with its recent admission to ΝΑΤΟ, is a particularly positive development both for Bulgaria itself and for south-eastern Europe as a whole. I trust that the case of Bulgaria will also set an example for the countries of the Western Balkans as they move towards Europe.
Nonetheless, it should be pointed out that there needs to be a constant and conscious effort on the part of the Bulgarian authorities to adapt pending full integration. Further efforts should focus on stamping out corruption and efficiently combating organised crime.
I should like at this point to call on the European Commission, within the framework of the Community policy on border regions with candidate countries, to draft a new study on the repercussions which the integration of Bulgaria and Romania will have on the border regions of the Member States. I would remind you in this context that the European Commission itself, in the person of the competent Commissioner, Mr Verheugen, found that regions such as north-eastern Greece, which border on two countries, face by far the most difficult situation at European level.
The policies and actions of the European Union to promote trans-national, trans-regional and cross-border cooperation and to combat the repercussions of enlargement on development and employment in border regions should be continued and reinforced. Similarly, special care must be taken when distributing resources and preparing programmes for territorial cooperation in the new 2007-2013 programming period."@en1
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