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Mr President, I would firstly like to congratulate the rapporteur, Mr Moscovici, on the excellent work he has done on this report on Romania. I would also like to thank him for his open attitude and his spirit of compromise.
Mr President, in the last two years, Romania has made very significant progress on its journey towards integration with the European Union. I naturally welcome this progress.
A decisive step has been the conclusion of the negotiations at the accession conference held yesterday. The closure of these negotiations is expected to be confirmed at the European Council this week, but it is clear that the work is not over.
In fact, Romania has important work to do before the accession scheduled for 2007 can take place. I am not only talking about the procedures necessary for full ratification of the Treaty; it must also intensify its efforts in a series of essential areas. To this end, it must carry out the reforms in the field of public administration, it must improve judicial administration and ensure that it is independent – a field in which it adopted an important legislative package a few months ago; it must enhance the fight against corruption, a serious problem which continues to affect the country. And efforts are also needed in the field of preserving the environment.
In short, the report which will be presented to plenary tomorrow specifies in detail many areas in which the Romanian authorities must continue to make efforts.
Mr President, my position and the report essentially consists of the following: on the one hand, an open and positive view of Romania’s accession to the European Union within the scheduled timescale. On the other hand, a demanding position in relation to the efforts Romania must make, which will require determination and perseverance.
I believe that this is the clear twin message that the Romanian authorities now in office following the elections of recent days must receive. Through this report, the European Parliament is saying yes to the integration of Romania, but it will be monitoring that country’s compliance with all of its commitments.
This Parliament must follow the efforts the Romanian authorities must make very closely. We are also counting on the information that the Commission must send out regularly to us in this regard, as the Commissioner has pointed out.
Finally, on this journey Romania still has to make towards accession, it can count on our vigilance, but, of course, it can also count on our assistance and our impetus."@en1
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