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"The EU has given the Balkan countries a clear prospect of EU membership and is encouraging internal reforms in these countries in many ways through stabilisation and association agreements and, as the largest donor in the region, is gradually helping to establish a free trade area between the EU and the Balkan countries. Autonomous trade preferences have been in force since 2000, and in 2007, these were renewed and unlimited duty-free access to the EU market was granted until the beginning of 2011 for nearly all products originating in these countries. The EU is therefore currently the Balkan countries’ largest trading partner. Trade is one of the main instruments for promoting development. By suddenly terminating the trade preferences, particularly now against the backdrop of the economic crisis, the EU would not only deal a painful blow to the economies of the countries in the Balkan region, but also to the political stability of the region. On the other hand, the Commission is given sufficient leverage to take restrictive measures if faced with serious market distortion in the agricultural and fishery sectors. I therefore voted in favour of extending the validity of the preferences until the end of 2015 with the necessary amendments."@en1
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