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Today, I voted against Romania’s request to join the EU, and I have to say that I did so with great regret. After all, the new government is displaying enormous political commitment and has made clear in a very short space of time what it stands for. That is good news. All that remains to be done is to convert this commitment into concrete actions whose effects can be measured, because it is the results that matter.
Everything seems to suggest that Romania has a great deal left to do in the areas of corruption, protection of minorities, competition, state support and the environment, and yet this House has been asked to deliver its verdict no fewer than 20 months ahead of accession. This is unheard of, and the logic of it escapes me completely. At a time when the EU enjoys little support and its legitimacy is fragile, it is important that the European institutions should keep to the agreements they have made.
I am not opposed to Romania’s accession. Romania
Europe and will become a member of the European Union. What I do want though, is for accession to take place on the basis of what we have agreed on in the past."@en1
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