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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-11-19"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:A New Framework for Relations with our Eastern and Southern Neighbours2
dcterms:Language	"de"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20031119.7.3-182"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-11-19-Speech-3-1832
lpv:speaker	lp:Elmar Brok2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with the United States (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2002-03-08--2004-07-19)3 chair; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-22--2004-07-19)3 member; Conference of Committee Chairs (2002-01-22--2004-07-19)3 substitute; AFCO (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, Mr President-in-Office, there are two points that we need to take into account here. Firstly, we need to have good relations with our neighbours because it is in the interest of our foreign policy to do so. Secondly, how can this be arranged so that it is commensurate with the interests and capacities of the European Union? These two aspects need to be considered together. We must realise, after all, that to a large extent everyone has their own here. How can we develop an automatic procedure to bring these countries – or a number of these countries – almost directly into the European Union? If we continue, covertly, to operate the system, then we will be well on the way to destroying the European Union, because the European Union cannot cope with this. We are currently undergoing the arduous process of producing a constitution, which may just be capable of setting out a reasonable way to organise the internal affairs of a Union of 25 or 27 countries. Mr Verheugen, what will we do with Turkey if it does not meet the conditions for opening negotiations in 2004? Surely in that case we will have to make a second offer, alongside full membership, at least for a certain period of time. That is why I think it is absolutely essential for the wider Europe concept to be improved in respect of our neighbouring countries in Europe, making it a ‘European Economic Area plus’. This would create a second multilateral ring of countries with whom we maintain close relations, but where full membership is not the only option. This consequence of a multilateral order has not so far been elucidated sufficiently clearly by the Commission. We must ensure that this also includes those countries whose future may lie in the Union, but which will not be able to become members of the European Union in the next ten years, for whatever reason, and we must ensure that they are not left out. This applies to some of the countries of the western Balkans, just as it does to Moldova, Ukraine or, for example, Turkey, if a decision of the kind that I have just described were to be made next year. Obviously this also means that we need another strategy, but one that is equally weighty – I do not wish the Members from southern Europe to misunderstand us – for the Barcelona Process and the Mediterranean countries. The objective in this case is not to provide a possible opening to membership, but to forge a close neighbourly relationship of a different nature. In any case, the discussions so far both in this House and in the Commission have lacked the necessary systematic approach that will make this a viable policy in practice."@en1
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