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dcterms:Date	"2013-02-06"^^xsd:date2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20130206.37.3-612-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2013-02-06-Speech-3-613-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Geoffrey Van Orden2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, five years have now passed since Bulgaria’s accession in 2007, yet it seems we are still concerned with many of the same issues that troubled us then, and I must express some disappointment. In my final report on the accession of Bulgaria in 2006, I emphasised the need to enhance the transparency, efficiency and impartiality of the judiciary, the need for substantive results in the fight against corruption (with special emphasis on the fight against organised crime), and the importance of improving the conditions of Roma communities so that they would be more content living in Bulgaria. While we can see many areas of progress and positive development in Bulgaria, these problems have not been adequately addressed, and some of them are reflected in the Commission’s continuing reports under the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism. They are at the root of so many of the difficulties that we see today. Most recently we have seen the very serious criticisms of senior judicial appointments, the continuing accusations of linkage of politicians and state officials with organised crime and the old state security apparatus, Bulgarian criminal gangs active in fifteen Member States according to Europol, the very serious political attack that has just been referred to, and the concerns expressed in a number of Member States about the possibility of an influx of poor migrants that may become a burden on social services in those countries. Some of these matters need to be addressed by the Member States concerned and by the EU but, Mr President, Bulgaria itself needs to address its long-standing problems with greater urgency. It is time for those politicians of real integrity to offer the Bulgarian people genuine change that is necessary and that they can believe in."@en1
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lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(The speaker agreed to take a blue-card question under Rule 149(8))"1 "Geoffrey Van Orden,"1 "on behalf of the ECR Group"1
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