Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-04-26-Speech-3-071"
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"en.20060426.10.3-071"2
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"Commissioner Rehn’s speech on the accession of Romania and Bulgaria to the EU is a source of hope to me. I would like to stress that the Polish Parliament voted almost unanimously in favour of accepting these countries into the EU, with only one vote against. This is because we believe that expanding the Union to include new countries will on one hand be an expression of solidarity among European countries, while on the other hand creating new opportunities and prospects for both the new countries and the whole of the Community. I would be delighted if the remaining countries were able to offer this expression of European solidarity in the same way as Poland.
It is to be welcomed that the Commission lays down strict requirements for candidate countries, in this way encouraging them to implement efficiently the reforms that still need to be carried out. I hope, though, that the Commission will be equally active in encouraging EU Member States to be as open as possible to Romania and Bulgaria when it comes to implementing the freedoms enshrined in the Treaties and renouncing long derogation periods with regard to the labour market, for example. If we set a high level of obligations, we must also allow new countries to benefit in full, and as soon as possible, from the rights to which they are entitled on the basis of the Treaties."@en1
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