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"Mr President, last week we celebrated the first anniversary of the largest enlargement to date of the European Union. The accession of the ten new countries hailing from the former Soviet bloc and Yugoslavia, the Baltics and the Mediterranean is, undoubtedly, the most significant and historic event in the history of the Union. These countries – for years many of them locked in the iron grip of Moscow – have joined the most unique and successful experiment in the history of democratic politics.
General de Gaulle dreamed of a united Europe from the Atlantic to the Urals. Given the circumstances at the time – the Iron Curtain, the cold war and the military polarisation between East and West – few other than de Gaulle could have believed that would happen. However, it is happening and it should be celebrated. I wish our friends the ten new countries well.
I come from Ireland, a country whose economy has been transformed from little more than that of a poor, Third World country into one of the strongest in Europe, courtesy of European assistance through membership, and I wish all the same benefits and success to our ten new neighbours.
Integration has succeeded in overcoming age-old differences between European countries. The political and economic reunification of our continent is a victory for the spirit of Europe, one of which we should all be proud."@en1
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