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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-12-19"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Vote2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20021219.3.4-084"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-12-19-Speech-4-0852
lpv:speaker	lp:Erik Meijer2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Socialistische Partij (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member_of_the_bureau; EUL/NGL (1999-10-13--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Czech Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	". It seems that for some Member States, enlargement of the EU boils down to an opportunity to buy as big a market as possible for their own domestic companies as cheaply as possible. This will result in the contributions to the structural funds that have already been established being redistributed amongst a larger number of Member States than initially planned by 2006. There will be much less money available to the farmers in the new Member States than to their counterparts in the present Member States. Things could have turned out worse, but thanks to the compromise proposed by Denmark and to Poland’s tenacity, the Copenhagen Summit goes some way to bridging the gap between rich and poor. The Netherlands’ calculated efforts in particular have failed. That is not likely to prevent Central Europe from being the poor cousin of the West for a long time to come. If the majority of voters vote in favour of accession to the EU, hopefully of their own free will and not as the result of a propaganda bombardment, enlargement will happen in 2004, probably including half of the island of Cyprus. The EU must make sure that it does not become involved in a war for this island or succumb to pressure to allow Turkey to join quickly without applying standards for democracy and human rights."@en1

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