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"Mr President, in 1993 in Copenhagen the Union agreed a strategy of ten plus two for enlargement. We have pursued it to the huge benefit of those 12 countries and of the other Member States in terms of greater stability, greater prosperity and greater opportunities for our citizens. Whatever the position of the EPP’s Prime Ministers, within the EPP Group there has always been a history of opposition to Bulgaria and Romania. Two months ago they moved to delay our approval of the accession treaties. More recently they tried to delay the appointment of observer MEPs and now they are trying to stop observers coming although you, Mr President, have already written officially to the presidents of those parliaments inviting observers.
We all know the weakness of the EPP in those two countries. We know that the EPP Group in this House would appear smaller after the arrival of these observers. But it takes a unique combination of political cunning and willingness to destabilise things in those two countries to make such a cynical move now and I hope the House will reject it."@en1
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