Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-12-15-Speech-3-214"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-12-15"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Romania's progress towards accession2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20041215.7.3-214"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-12-15-Speech-3-2152
lpv:speaker	lp:Mario Borghezio2
lpv:spokenAs	member_of_the_bureau; IND/DEM (2004-07-26--2006-04-26)3 substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-11-18--2006-04-26)3 substitute; ITRE (2004-07-21--2006-04-26)3 member; LIBE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Lega Nord per l'indipendenza della Padania (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; PETI (2004-09-14--2007-01-14)3 substitute; IMCO (2004-09-15--2006-04-26)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2006-12-31)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I join in with the many positive comments made to the rapporteur, Mr Moscovici, regarding the balance of his report. While not ignoring any of the critical areas in the process of Romania’s preparation to join the European Union, the report shows a clear appreciation of the notable efforts made and the results – albeit still partial – achieved by Romania in that process. This morning, with great aplomb, this Parliament gave the green light to the procedure for Turkey’s preparation to join the European Union. I am in favour of Romania’s accession for exactly the same reasons that have led me to express my strong hostility to Turkey’s entry. Romania is Europe; Romania has a civil and political society based on values which, despite their undeniable highs and lows, have to be regarded as perfectly comparable to the values on which the European Union is based. Certain areas in which basic measures are still needed certainly deserve encouragement and support. They include the multiannual anti-crime strategy, the state aid issue (a subject particularly close to the hearts of us liberalists), the sensitive question of the return of property and churches, as well as the modernisation of a judicial system that does not appear to be compatible with a society such as Europe’s, which is characterised by systems that are not subject to direct influence and control by the state. I have just listened to the speech by a spokesman for a political party that voted for the accession of Turkey, who repeated the harsh remarks made by NGOs about respect for human rights in Romania. I should like to have heard the same observations made about Turkey as well: in that case they would have been decidedly more justified. It is, however, absolutely necessary to call the Romanian authorities’ attention to the urgent question of illegal immigration. One Member has referred to the children, who understandably had an emotional effect on him during a visit to Romania. I do not need to go to Romania, because you just need to drive around the streets of Turin, Milan, Genoa and Rome to see Romanian children exploited by criminal organisations. We have to put a stop to illegal immigration, and Romania has to defend its external borders and actively collaborate in stamping out this activity, which does no credit to the civilisation of Eugen Ionescu, Mircea Eliade and the many other great writers and thinkers of a civilisation that we feel is close to us and which we share."@en1

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