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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, European Union enlargement may be an opportunity or a problem, but it still remains a great challenge.
The opportunity is represented by the fact that the new Member States can make a tangible contribution to constructing European policy. To do this, it is not enough to meet the Copenhagen criteria and merely confirm them formally. It is essential to increase the European awareness of citizens in candidate countries through a hearts and minds campaign that must involve politicians, intellectuals and the media.
Europe can no longer be seen merely as a great pool of financial resources for resolving economic, social and infrastructural problems but as an institution to which everyone must offer an original contribution in order to establish a policy built on shared values.
Support for enlargement is low in the Member States, particularly with regard to certain States. Do we wish to shut our eyes to this situation or do we want to involve our fellow citizens and ask their opinion? I think a referendum is the best way forward because it is the most direct form of democracy and it would bring Europe closer to its citizens and their freedom of choice."@en1
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