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The circumstances in which enlargement is currently proposed are disastrous. Promises given have not been honoured. The Union’s structures have not been adjusted to allow for smooth functioning with 25 Member States in the near future. It will be even more difficult to function in the more distant future when there are 40 Member States. To make things worse, the necessary finance for enlargement as provided for in the treaty is not guaranteed. This contravenes the agreement reached at the Berlin Summit.
Consequently, the Community will soon stall. The chances of creating the social Europe we sorely need will therefore be reduced. Territorial cohesion will also be threatened, when it is now more essential than ever. Moreover, the Community we longed for and worked towards for 50 years will not survive this enlargement, but will be replaced by a bland and featureless Union. We set out to build a cathedral and ended up in a department store.
We are actually being urged to maximise the danger of stalling the Union at the very time when essential international mechanisms are disintegrating, starting with the United Nations.
This is why I shall vote against the resolutions on assent, even though I endorse the resolution accompanying the Brok report following the improvements made in the House."@en1
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