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"Mr President, I agree absolutely with my honourable friend, Mrs Doris Ρack, that Srebrenica should be a permanent living memory. The tragedy, which claimed thousands of lives, marks and imposes the end of a chapter and the final move from the tragic past in the area to a new era of peace, security and prosperity. It marks and imposes the overcoming of ethnic standards and historical and cultural bondage through dialogue and assent.
The European Union failed to act as a reliable power for the production and export of security to its neighbours. If the reason was the immaturity of the European political system, then the message is the need to arm the European Union with the qualities of a single and genuine political identity.
The Western Balkans continue to lag well behind in terms of economic development and regional integration. No one doubts the efforts of the European Union. However, the approach of each Balkan country separately, on its own, has proven to be inadequate. In my opinion, an advanced and cohesive strategic plan is needed for the area, a single contractual framework for a privileged partnership between the ΕU and the Western Balkans. I am talking, Commissioner, about a plan which will articulate the development priorities of each country in a single regional entity. The programmes under which the European Union intervenes must be of a cross-border, cross-regional character. This will help regional economic integration and the construction of a climate of political collectiveness, cooperation and trust.
The immediate challenge for relations between the European Union and the Western Balkans can be reduced to the following triptych: articulated political dialogue, cross-border infrastructure networks and the opening of the markets. I wish the British Presidency good luck."@en1
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