Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-05-16-Speech-2-224"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-05-16"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Progress report on the accession of Bulgaria and Romania (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060516.35.2-224"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-05-16-Speech-2-2252
lpv:speaker	lp:Guido Podestà2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; ENVI (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 chair; Delegation to the EU-Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-20--2006-12-31)3 member; IMCO (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (2004-09-22--2006-12-31)3 substitute; AGRI (2004-09-15--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Forza Italia (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I wish to congratulate Commissioner Rehn on the thorough measures he is pursuing in relation to the two countries in question and, from what the Commissioner has said, it is clear that Romania and Bulgaria have made progress. To have reduced the remaining unresolved points from sixteen to six and from fourteen to four in the space of a few months is, in my opinion, an outstanding result. Well, I think that we are all aware in this House that, when ten countries joined the European Union on 1 May 2004, the ten countries in question were not completely ready to enter the Union. We also know that the efforts made by those nations complement each other over time. Can you tell me that, in some of those countries, there are not problems with regard to minorities and that the fight against corruption does not concern each of the 25 Member States of the Union? So what has changed compared to 1 May 2004? Why was the emphasis placed on photographs and flags back then, while a much firmer and also much more formal position can be observed today? I believe that we must acknowledge the fact that, if it is true that there are in fact problems in the two countries that are about to join the Union, it is likely that the main problems exist within the Union itself. Furthermore, if we ask ourselves what has changed compared to back then, the answer is that we were unable to carry through that Constitutional Treaty, which was a fundamental element of this enlargement. We must be careful, however, not to make those countries and those populations that have worked so hard to emerge from the historic era of Communism pay a price that they do not deserve to pay. To conclude, Commissioner, I believe that we are on the right track and I hope that 1 January 2007 will be confirmed in the autumn as the date on which Romania and Bulgaria will join."@en1

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