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"Mr President, I thank the Commission for its report. This is a very important day for Romania and Bulgaria, and I welcome the observers here today. It must be difficult for them, because here we are pointing out some of their faults. However, we do it not in a mean-spirited way but to offer them some help to improve the situation. I would accept the premise of the report that progress has been made by both countries but that more is required.
I want to talk about Romania in particular and, even though others have dealt with the subject, specifically about the situation for young children, babies and adults with handicaps in institutional care. As Baroness Nicholson pointed out, while very good progress has been made on children’s rights – indeed, it is a model – it is disturbing that there are difficulties in practical terms. For example, many babies are abandoned in maternity hospitals; they cannot be put into institutions so they languish in maternity hospitals for months and, indeed, years. Recently, I met a toddler of 18 months in a maternity hospital. We need emergency fostering situations in those cases.
In relation to young people with handicaps, there are examples of pilot projects working to close down institutions and to put up sheltered accommodation, but the implementation is erratic. There are huge difficulties in some counties: for example, only yesterday, some of the staff in Giurgiu County had not been paid. If these people are not paid, who will feed those who cannot feed themselves? That is something we need to address.
In relation to agriculture, there are huge difficulties for both countries: they need investment and modernisation, and we must assist them with that. The uncertainties over the financial perspective are a worry. I would urge Mr Blair, the President-in-Office of the Council, to come to us soon with a resolution to that.
Overall, I am not obsessed with dates, but I am obsessed with delivery. What I am trying to do today is to highlight for those who do not have a voice that their issues are heard here in the European Parliament and that we will watch to ensure that we deliver for them."@en1
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