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"en.20121122.31.4-298-750"2
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"The enlargement of the EU to include new countries, if it is to happen, should stem from a sovereign decision of the people and countries in question, and should respect their right to economic and social development. This report does not guarantee that these requirements will be duly observed, which is why we voted against. In addition, the report affronts principles of the Charter of the United Nations and international law. The ‘new negotiating approach’ advocated by the report is even more interfering, imposing economic and social models and political system and democracy models that conflict with the people’s right to self-determination in accordance with their own interests and aspirations. The majority in Parliament argue that the ‘EU’s overall interests’ should prevail over the people’s interests and over ‘disputes’ between countries that want to join. In the ‘case of not being able to reach a bilateral agreement’, these countries must commit themselves to a ‘binding arbitration mechanism of their choice’ or, in other words, to an attempt to impose the EU’s interest on sovereignty disputes. This specifically means attempting to force Serbia to accept the Kosovo secession defended by the EU and NATO, and Cyprus to accept Turkey’s accession while the latter continues to occupy the northern part of the former."@en1
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