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"As of 1 January 2007, Bulgaria and Romania will be EU Member States. Some of the conditions laid down in the Treaty of Accession work to the advantage of these countries, whereas others are nothing short of discriminatory from the point of view of the first pillar. After all, those of us from the new Member States have ample first-hand experience of such discrimination, an example of which is the establishment of the free movement of persons as an ideal from which the accession arrangements are far removed. I am somewhat alarmed by the US administration’s efforts to establish or take control of military bases in the Balkans, and by the relentless pressure to exempt US citizens from the jurisdiction of the Hague-based International Criminal Court. The end result of negotiations on this matter should in fact be that the common interests of the EU Member States, including the new Member States, are given clear priority. The reports pass over this issue. Conversely, I believe that it is high time that negotiations were opened on energy security. It is particularly important that such security be guaranteed in terms of electricity supply to the region that may be affected by the decommissioning of several blocks of the Kozloduj power plant, as mentioned by Mr Horáček. Ladies and gentlemen, I would call on you once again to help ensure that the new Member States’ accession to the European Union proceeds smoothly. We should not allow these countries to endure continued hardship after 1 January 2007, confronted as they are by massive problems, caused by the pressure to privatise that has been exerted unscrupulously by external influences. We should not forget that we are setting a precedent for negotiations with other Balkan states, and they should receive an appropriate welcome into the EU."@en1
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