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Madam President, in this speech, I am going to confine myself to the candidacy of Romania, a country that has had a very difficult year, having endured three destructive flood disasters that claimed 66 lives, with material damage amounting to EUR 1.5 billion.
In a situation such as this, one would expect the highest authorities to display national harmony, but nothing could be further from the truth. The President and Prime Minister were at loggerheads in public over new elections. Commissioner Rehn’s efforts made it possible for this danger to the country’s political stability to be averted in good time, but for how long? All of this is taking place at a critical stage of Romania’s accession to the European Union. I would like to ask the Commissioner what he thinks of President Basescu’s political sense of responsibility in this matter.
The so-called super safeguard clause applied by the Council to Romania’s accession date and to no other country’s identifies 11 specific problem areas, and I should like to touch on some of them. What, Commissioner, is the latest news on the tax benefits that the Romanian state promised the buyer of the steel magnet Ispat Sidex? Does the Commission regard Prime Minister Tariceanu’s concession to give Romanian farmers financial help with the purchase of tractors from the factory in Brasov as an infringement of the EU’s competition directives?
A second difficulty concerns solid border control by the Romanian authorities. That goes without saying, because once Romania has joined, no less than 1 457 km of the total national borders of 2 508 km will form part of the EU’s external border, quite apart from the issue of the control of the Romanian Black Sea coast. We are, after all, dealing with a corridor for smuggling people, drugs and arms to Europe. In short, the fact that training and funding problems are hampering the necessary recruitment drive of 4 000 Romanian border guards should be of major concern to the Commission. Will it take action?
Almost inevitably, the third difficulty will touch upon the sense of urgency with which the government gets the menace of corruption under control. What action does the Commission intend to take, though, when that fight against corruption at the highest level becomes more and more a political instrument within the governing coalition and within the executive? The new government should, in any event, be measured against its moral claims. That is something that the Romanian coalition should take seriously. It is then unacceptable to refuse to be open about what one possesses."@en1
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