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"Today the European Parliament voted on the report entitled ‘Enlargement: policies, criteria and the EU’s strategic interests’, which continues to stress the importance of the Copenhagen criteria. Thanks to the amendment tabled by my colleague Kinga Gál, protection of national minorities – one of the Copenhagen criteria – will be given the same weight as the other conditions set out in the report. Traditional national minorities play a key part in the current enlargement package for the Western Balkans, given that these communities are present in significant numbers in the candidate countries. Motions tabled by Members of this House can help the Vojvodina Hungarians in the context of Serbia’s accession, while it will help ethnic Hungarians in Slovakia and Transylvania if the Commission calls upon Member States to improve implementation of the law in this regard. As a result of other amendments proposed by my colleague Kinga Gál the report now also includes the idea first proposed by the Hungarian Presidency-in-Office that mutual understanding and historical reconciliation are essential for candidate countries to set out on the path to EU membership. This is why the teaching and learning of each other’s history, language and cultural heritage both during and after the accession process is important. In accordance with the above, I voted in favour of the report."@en1
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