Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2012-11-21-Speech-3-367-000"

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lpv:speaker	lp:Annemie Neyts-uyttebroeck2
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lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to begin by congratulating the rapporteur, Ms Koppa, on her excellent report, which we have indeed debated several times and which my group was pleased to vote for in committee. I would also like to say though that I am the first speaker up to now to come from one of the founding Member States of the European Union. All the others are from countries which joined the Union at different stages later, which goes to show how much the gradual enlargement of the Union is a fundamental aspect of its existence and is among the most successful policies developed over the years. We will approve this report because we agree with it, as I said, because we do believe that, generally speaking, the enlargement of the European Union can be said to have been successful. We also agree with the new approach that Commissioner Füle has proposed and developed and which includes opening chapters 23 and 24 very early during negotiations and keeping them open a long time. That should prevent painful surprises at the end of the journey and, above all, give applicant countries time to properly implement difficult reforms in the field of justice and fundamental freedoms. This report contains paragraph 38, which has just been discussed. Some members of my group, myself included, will not approve this, not so much because we are against the idea of associate membership as such, but because we regret that it has found its way into a report on enlargement. We do not believe it belongs there. Thank you for your attention."@en1
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