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"Mr President, I would like to return here to points I raised in some of the amendments tabled along with Bernd Posselt, which successfully passed through the Committee on Foreign Affairs. First of all, I would like to repeat the hope that the accession negotiations with Croatia will be concluded in the first half of 2011, as announced in the Hungarian Presidency’s programme. From this perspective, it would be a symbolic act because it would take place 20 years after the declaration of independence from the former Yugoslav Republic. On the other hand, concluding the negotiations in this manner would send out a very strong signal to the other candidate countries in the Balkans at a time when, as we are aware, the Union’s power of attraction seems to be waning. Finally, I would like to highlight the Croatian authorities’ determination to combat corruption and organised crime. This is an indication, as we have noticed on other occasions too, that corruption is not fatal if political will exists."@en1
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