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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia was granted the status of candidate country for European Union membership in 2005, which was over six years ago now. Accession negotiations with FYROM have still not started, mainly because of the bilateral dispute over the country’s name. Supporters of opening accession negotiations with FYROM say that under no circumstances should the dispute be an obstacle in this process. We cannot accept this claim uncritically – it is important for the EU’s Member States to maintain harmonious relations. In this case, the matter concerns Greece, and we must not see Greece’s position as being weakened because of the domestic financial crisis there. On the one hand, everything should be done to ensure that starting negotiations does not mean dragging the EU into local conflicts, but, on the other hand, we need to stimulate deeper discussion on the strategy for further enlargement of the EU in the context of the grave financial crisis."@en1
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