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"Madam President, I too would like to thank Commissioner Hübner for her reply. However, I believe that certain matters need further clarification.
It is true that the historically necessary reunification of Europe, which we all ardently supported, must not promote new dividing lines and disturb the internal cohesion of the European Union, for which we have all worked all these years.
The evidence shows that the cost of enlargement is not being divided fairly and proportionately between all the Member States. Countries such as Greece, Spain and Portugal are suffering serious repercussions, which may take on dramatic proportions if the final agreement on the new financial perspectives digresses from the European Commission's original proposals. I think that this is also the crucial issue for Commissioner Hübner, as she herself said. However, in the final analysis, the issue will be judged primarily on the final amount of the Community budget and the extent to which it will be able to adequately finance the Structural Funds and, subsequently, on how we will manage to ensure that there will be satisfactory financing to facilitate the continuation of development in the regions suffering the real repercussions of enlargement.
We note from your reply that these issues concern you, but we would like greater clarification as regards the issue to which you too referred, by which I mean the financial compensation mechanism."@en1
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