Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-04-09-Speech-3-060"
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"Mr President, applicant countries all have one thing in common: they are all very young democracies. Some are former British colonies and others, just over a decade ago, were under the Soviet regime. Some of those were also once part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. That empire was known as the 'Völkerkerker', the prison of nations. Now it is just the political class of these new countries that want to join this new prison of nations, the European Union.
For the elites, the politicians and the civil servants it is a good deal; it means massive pay increases. But for the people it means a return to the very system that they have just left – centralised, undemocratic control. It is the people that will pay the price for their leaders' ambitions. That is why I will vote 'no' to all ten countries' accession. These emerging democracies deserve better. From what I saw in the Maltese referendum the prospectus that is being sold is quite false. This can only lead to discord and strife in the years to come."@en1
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