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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2009-11-23"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Macro-financial assistance to Georgia - Macro-financial assistance to Armenia - Macro-financial assistance to Serbia - Macro-financial assistance to Bosnia and Herzegovina (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"cs"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20091123.20.1-147"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2009-11-23-Speech-1-1482
lpv:speaker	lp:Miloslav Ransdorf2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; ITRE (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 unknown; Komunistická strana Čech a Moravy (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; INTA (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 vice-chair; EUL/NGL (2009-07-14--2012-02-06)3
lpv:translated text	"The committee has debated this report and a simplified procedure has been proposed as this is an extremely urgent topic. My topic is macro-financial assistance for Serbia, which I consider to be the central economy of the Balkans. In my opinion, there are many reasons why we should provide substantial support for this country as it seeks EU membership during a difficult period characterised by huge financial instability. There is a drop in State revenues, there are inflationary pressures and the country is, of course, confronted with a whole raft of consequences of past actions, for example, a major problem with environmental damage caused at the time of the NATO air attacks. There is also a humanitarian problem here, as there are 750 thousand refugees in the country from other parts of the former Yugoslavia and, of course, the current financial crisis has exposed all of the structural deficiencies of the Serbian economy. In addition, the war that took place in 1999 and the air attacks reduced the share of final production in the overall output of Serbia and that has also exacerbated the foreign trade balance. On top of this was the poor harvest last year which further weakened Serbian state revenues. The situation is now very grave. I consider it necessary for us to accelerate this assistance so that it can come into operation by the start of next year, and I have therefore proposed the simplified procedure via our committee chairman. I would like to emphasise that this is also an issue which is in the interests of Serbia’s neighbours, including some countries that are not yet members of the EU, such as Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia, but which are applying for membership. However, there are also countries here which are EU members already and which might be threatened by instability in Serbia, such as Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria. In the interests of the stability of this wing of the EU, and in the interests of the internal stability of Serbia, with an emphasis on strengthening the territorial integrity of the country, I propose that we do indeed accelerate the implementation of macro-financial assistance."@en1
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