Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-07-06-Speech-3-475"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-07-06"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:The accession process of Bulgaria and Romania2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050706.35.3-475"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-07-06-Speech-3-4762
lpv:speaker	lp:Jacques Toubon2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; AFCO (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-22--2009-07-13)3 member; IMCO (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Union pour un Mouvement Populaire (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, we are in favour of the accession of Romania and Bulgaria. The speed of the accession process depends solely on the candidate countries and we respect the efforts currently being made in Sofia and Bucharest to this end. With regard to the admission of observers to Parliament, however, I would echo precisely what Mr Nassauer said. We must step down from our ivory tower and consider the consequences of the decisions that we, and in particular the authorities of this Parliament, are taking. It is quite clear that we cannot accept observers prior to the Commission’s report, and that we cannot accept them for Romania and Bulgaria earlier than we did for the other accession countries, that is a year before the proposed date of accession. That is why we formally support the motion tabled by the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats. We consider it to be extremely opportune in both political and legal terms. I would add, Mr President, Commissioner, that in general I think that, given the crisis that Europe is currently experiencing and the distrust and suspicion that many people are showing towards the European institutions, now is the time for consolidation and reflection, not a headlong rush forward. That is why I said myself that I was astounded at the way in which the Commission prepared the negotiating mandate with Turkey. I think that the European institutions are living a thousand leagues away from the reality of the European people. We must rejoin the reality of the European people, and to do that, Commissioner, we need to re-examine the negotiating mandate that you prepared with Turkey and, in order to re-examine it and to give us time to do so, we need to delay the opening of negotiations. Consolidation will mean more Europe. A headlong rush will mean a dispersed Europe."@en1

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