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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"1999-12-01"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Preparation of European Council of 10-11 December 1999 in Helsinki2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.19991201.7.3-065"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:1999-12-01-Speech-3-0662
lpv:speaker	lp:Gerard Collins2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, all Members of the European Union can take solace from the fact that the European Union economy is performing well and that we have permanent democratic structures operating in all our respective jurisdictions. This is not the case for all countries in Europe at this time and that is why I welcome the efforts of the Finnish Government to pursue the adoption of a strategy on the Western Balkans at the forthcoming Helsinki Summit. A permanent stabilisation of the region is in the interests of the European Union as a whole. The European Union and the Member States together constitute the most important donors in the region and besides humanitarian aid, the region has received this year EU aid amounting to EUR 2,100 m. We support democratic change in Yugoslavia and the European Union has rightly started to implement pilot projects based on the energy-for-democracy initiative. EU enlargement will be another central theme at the Helsinki Summit. During the Finnish Presidency, accession negotiations have been opened in respect of seven more chapters of talks. These concern EMU, social policy and employment, the free movement of capital, the free movement of services, taxation, energy, transport, all of which are very demanding social and economic sectors. I am particularly pleased to see that the chapter dealing with energy has now commenced. I say this because the safety of nuclear plants in Eastern and Central Europe has been a cause for great concern in recent years, and will continue to be. The Union cannot hide from the naked fact that the EU itself, together with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, will have to play a key role in terms of financial contributions and technical support to make safe all these nuclear reactors sooner rather than later. We all know that the enlargement process cannot take place unless there is some internal reform in the decision-making processes within the EU. The Presidency is independently preparing a comprehensive report on questions to be examined at the IGC and on the various options for resolving them. The deadline being set down for the next IGC is very ambitious indeed. I support working towards reaching agreement by the end of next year, but equally we must not, and should not, hurry possible fundamental reforms to existing EU treaties without due consideration and evaluation."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; UEN (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Fianna Fáil Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 chair; Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Collins (UEN )."1

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