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"Commissioner, I would like to express my respect for your work but, as with all work, it is also necessary to have clarity. My only problem today is the lack of clarity. You are saying that our goal is to get the two countries on board on 1 January 2007. That is what we are all looking for. I cannot see any fundamental reason not to let them in on 1 January.
So what we are really talking about is how we can promote further progress with those two countries as much as possible. The appeal I am making to you has already been mentioned by the chairman of my group, Mr Schulz, and by Mr Swoboda and other colleagues. If we seriously expect further progress in the next three and a half months, before your next report in October, what can be done in that time? What do we expect? A new State prosecutor in Bulgaria? No. To what extent does immunity need to be lifted? How many cases do we need to raise? How many decisions in court do we need? Do you see what I am getting at, Commissioner?
What we need now, if these countries are to work with us, is for you to be very precise. I have a suggestion to make to you. I propose that you make a scoreboard to present to the two new governments in Bulgaria and Romania, a precise scoreboard showing what we want of them in the next three and a half or four months in particular areas. It is not enough to say that we expect progress. It is very important to say what exactly we expect of them in justice and home affairs, so that the two governments know exactly what to do.
The second thing I want to ask of you, Commissioner, with all due respect, is that there should be no extra work later. As some members of the Bulgarian Government said to me recently, ‘We cannot change our constitution every other week’. What we really need now is to be precise in our demands. My final hope is that the June Council will take a clear decision. As Mr Moscovici said, it is time now to send a clear signal, and the June Council can send a clear signal that they are welcome on 1 January 2007 and that we look forward to working with them."@en1
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