Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-07-09-Speech-3-303"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2008-07-09"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:The Commission's 2007 enlargement strategy paper (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20080709.32.3-303"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-07-09-Speech-3-3042
lpv:speaker	lp:Erik Meijer2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; AFET (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Socialistische Partij (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; EUL/NGL (2004-11-14--2009-07-13)3 member; TRAN (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Croatia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of south-east Europe (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 substitute; DROI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, after the first accession waves of 2004 and 2007 enlargement is now stagnating. Croatia has to wait until 2011, Macedonia will not be in before 2014 at the earliest and for the other five countries of the Western Balkans the wait will be even longer. Negotiations are ongoing with Turkey, but it is possible that Turkey may not be able to join for decades yet. Now that all the states previously within the Soviet sphere of influence have joined, the European Union appears to be suffering from enlargement fatigue. Behind the debate on enlargement and neighbourhood policy there are two different kinds of thinking. One is that the European Union is a world power and a superstate which is gradually making more and more of the decisions that affect its Member States. This superstate wants to make neighbouring states dependent on it, but without giving them influence as equal partners within the Union. Countries which have not made the necessary adjustments or whose economy is weak will not be allowed to join. They must be kept outside the Union, but nevertheless forcibly drawn into the EU sphere of influence where they have no voice. My Group abhors that tactic. The other view wants cooperation involving diverse and equal partners. The Union is open to any European state that wants to join and meets the requisite criteria such as democracy and human rights. That kind of Union does not seek ways of imposing decisions which lack support in the Member States, but tries to solve the cross-border problems of its citizens through cooperation. That kind of Union is the most fit for purpose and has the best chances of survival long-term."@en1

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