Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-02-16-Speech-3-025-000"

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dcterms:Date	"2011-02-16"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:2010 progress report on Croatia (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20110216.4.3-025-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2011-02-16-Speech-3-026-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Bas Belder2
lpv:spokenAs	chair; Delegation for relations with Israel (2009-09-17--2014-06-30)3 substitute; BUDG (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; INTA (2009-07-16--2011-06-16)3 vice-chair_member_of_the_bureau; EFD (2010-02-16--2011-05-22)3 member; AFET (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (2009-09-17--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation for relations with Iran (2009-09-16--2012-02-14)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the United States (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij (2009-12-07--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Croatia has made good progress on its way to achieving EU membership. That is beyond dispute and I am pleased about that. There are two issues, however, which I am still seriously concerned about. Corruption in this Balkan country is still widespread, see for example recitals 7 and 8 of the resolution we are debating. That is having a major impact on the economy and on trade relations with this country. We urgently need a better approach to tackling this problem, possibly in cooperation with European institutions. My second concern is the poor administrative organisation in the country, see recital 28 of the resolution. Sound administrative organisation is necessary if EU legislation is to be properly implemented and if Croatia is not to be caught napping by events. As long as these two bottlenecks remain unaddressed, I will continue to feel concerned about the swift pace with which the Hungarian Presidency wants to bring about Croatia’s accession. In my opinion, past experience should lead us to make the quality of accession our objective, not accession itself. That will help us to secure people’s support, and the support of my Dutch citizens."@en1
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