Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-12-15-Speech-3-218"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-12-15"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Romania's progress towards accession2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20041215.7.3-218"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-12-15-Speech-3-2192
lpv:speaker	lp:Nils Lundgren2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member_of_the_bureau; IND/DEM (2004-07-20--2007-06-12)3 vice-chair; CONT (2004-07-23--2007-01-14)3 substitute; ECON (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Junilistan (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; ITRE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the June List will welcome Romania and Bulgaria as Members of the European Union, just as we shall welcome Turkey, the countries of the Western Balkans and, in time, Ukraine and, hopefully, Belarus. At the same time, we wish to warn of the problems that will be faced by the EU if we accept a large number of countries as Member States in the very short term – poor and economically undeveloped countries with limited experience of democracy and the rule of law and with large problems involving corruption. The EU is constructed for economically developed countries with stable democracies and only moderate problems with corruption. The enlargement involving ten countries that has just been carried out and of which the June List was a sincere supporter is, already for its part, causing problems. Accepting poor countries such as Romania into an EU that continues to operate an absurd agricultural policy and a poorly managed structural policy and that is itself wrestling with difficulties in preventing waste and corruption in its own system would be dangerous for the future of the European project. It might also prove dangerous for Romania. There would be a significant risk of a brain drain. Entering the EU’s agricultural system and being locked tightly into an economic structure without a future would also be a big disadvantage. The election that has just taken place was, however, a big success for democracy in Romania, but both Romania and the EU countries have reasons to wait and see and not to push for premature accession. It may be in the interests of both parties not to rush into full membership."@en1

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