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"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I should like to begin by telling you how pleased I am to be able to speak here in our Chamber in front of the Romanian and Bulgarian observers. It is truly a first important stage towards Romania’s and Bulgaria’s accession to the EU. I should also like to testify to the progress that I, as a member of our Parliamentary delegation, have observed take place in Bulgaria in the space of six years. A great deal of progress has been made, including progress shared by a large part of the people. However, achieving such progress has been very difficult for the people of Bulgaria because a great deal of effort was required of them. I believe that, in the West, we cannot appreciate the culture shock represented by a shift from a centrally-planned Communist economy to a market economy.
You have all noted that a large number of European
have been adopted, an action that has resulted in obvious progress being made in economic and political terms. Yet, you have also highlighted a large number of grey areas. Like you, I have to admit that the integration of minorities is a very difficult problem in these countries. I am thinking about the Roma community, disabled people, women and their role, and homosexuals. However, are we in a position to tell anyone what to do when we are encountering similar problems in our own countries?
Bulgaria has problems with corruption, property rights and security. In order to overcome these problems, it needs to carry out a real reform of its judicial system and to start to implement this system effectively, which will give democratic guarantees to the entire population. There is a need for Bulgaria and Romania to step up their efforts before the next progress report, and for them to do so in the space of a few months. Yet, there is also a need for the EU not to waver in continuing to contribute its help, its technical assistance and its budgetary support.
Finally, I should like to say that, while we must be rigorous and demanding in our dealings with these two new countries, we must also realise that their arrival in the EU will add a new dimension to Europe and that, at last, we will together be able to turn the page on Yalta."@en1
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