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"It is perhaps Romania that has the worst legacy of all the former communist countries. Ceaucescu and his associates destroyed the country, ruined its economy, fragmented its society and intimidated its citizens. The last fifteen years are far from being a success story as the postponement of reforms wasted several valuable years. I therefore hope that the newly-elected leaders, President and Government of Romania will set about facing the challenges before them with redoubled effort. There are two tasks that I especially would like to mention. The first one, where there are considerable deficiencies, is the social integration of the Romanian Romany minority comprising of over two million people, who are in a very difficult situation. The second one is giving a higher priority to environmental issues, since the state of the environment in Romania is far behind that of the other candidate countries. Regulations not only have to be adopted, but they have to be implemented as well. Let me remind you of the very dangerous mining project of Rosia Montana, threatening us with severe environmental disaster.
The road that leads to the completion of negotiations is long and rugged, and I congratulate Romania’s leadership on their success. From now on it should focus on adopting the
. I hope Romania will fulfil the obligations and will become a member state in 2007. This is in our interest and in Romania’s interest. I therefore think that Mr Basescu’s demand that two chapters should be reopened for negotiations is highly risky. It jeopardises Romania’s accession in 2007, and delay is not in the interest of either Romania, or the European Union. Romania has made great sacrifices in order to be able to work towards becoming a member of the Union. I firmly believe that it is in our best interest that Romania joins as soon as 2007, and Romania must realise that several obligations simply must be fulfilled on the way. This is why I find this topic so crucial and ask the Commissioner and the Commission to continuously monitor Romania’s progress in this matter, as it is not only in our best interest but also in the interest of Romanian citizens."@en1
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