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"Mr President, I abstained during the various votes and voted against the Brok report. I did not therefore vote for assent concerning the Accession Treaty for 10 new Member States to the Union. This was a painful decision for me, in both emotional and political terms. For over a decade I have worked tirelessly in the European Parliament, in France and across Europe so that enlargement could take place on the date planned and on the terms needed to ensure its success. I voted as I did because I have become convinced that separating the process of the geographical enlargement of the Union from that of deepening its institutions is the unfortunate result of current and future Member States becoming resigned to a weaker Europe with a fossilised institutional system. Sadly, divisions within Europe have become more marked in recent months. Sadly also, the Convention has failed to make progress during that period. It is now resigned to achieving no more than cosmetic changes to the current system. All are resigned to the signature of the constitutional treaty not taking place in December 2003 as originally planned. There is no mistaking the signs. The enlarged European Union will be obliged to operate under the provisions of the Treaty of Nice. It will therefore be fatally flawed and condemned to failure. I did not vote for assent because I want enlargement to succeed."@en1
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