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The Right and the Social Democrats in Parliament and beyond continue to seek to impose neoliberal capitalism on countries applying to join the European Union.
The example of Bulgaria speaks for itself. Parliament ‘praises’ the so-called ‘structural reforms’ within the framework of the ‘market’ and capitalist ‘competition’, which are deemed to have taken place in Bulgaria. It expresses its ‘satisfaction’ with the ‘enlargement of the private sector’ and the ‘progress made in liberalising vital industries’. What is more, it ‘calls’ for the introduction of ‘greater flexibility in the labour market’ and for the pace of privatisation to be kept up. Why all of these words?
The entire accession process has been characterised by other requirements that we feel are unacceptable, such as discrimination as regards the movement of workers and equal access to Community funding, and the existence of unilateral safeguard clauses that can be activated against the interests of these countries, and only these countries.
The enlargement is moving ahead within a political and financial framework that does not take account of Portugal’s interests, nor the needs of those countries applying to join.
Whilst we are fiercely opposed to the manner in which the enlargement is taking place, we have no objection to the accession of new Member States, provided that this is indeed the will of the people and that Portuguese interests are safeguarded."@en1
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