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"The PASOK group voted in favour of the European prospects of Serbia, even though the final text refers to the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) as ‘Macedonia’. It is common knowledge that Greece has been in favour of the accession of all the countries in the Western Balkans, especially Serbia, from the outset, provided that all the Copenhagen criteria are met. After years of reform and painful internal changes, the country’s efforts have finally been recognised and the door has been opened to Serbia’s European prospects; it would therefore have been unfair to vote against the report for that reason alone. Historically, Greece has been a strong supporter of this country’s European ambitions and it still is. To vote otherwise would have been to condemn those European prospects. However, we consider it absolutely unacceptable that the term ‘Macedonia’ has now been used for the first time in an official text adopted by a European body, in breach of UN resolutions and basic decisions adopted by the European Council. We would note that the S&D Group fully supported the amendment tabled by Maria Eleni Koppa to remove the term ‘Macedonia’."@en1
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