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". – Mr President, I had hoped that a strong and positive message would have come out of the Balkan Conference. I believe that was also the hope of both the Presidency-in-Office and the Commission. You each can ill afford to voice your disappointment, so I will do it for you.
We all acknowledge that the entire Balkan region remains volatile and potentially unstable, which is why clarity is absolutely indispensable. The joint press statement, notably weaker than previous declarations, states that the future of the western Balkans lies in the European Union. We note the absence of any mention of membership. It adds that a debate on enlargement strategy is due in 2006 and that the EU’s absorption capacity has to be taken into account. That is disappointing. I will come back to that during the debate on the Brok report.
Allow me to comment on the Middle East. I fully share my group chairman’s reaction to the deplorable and unacceptable behaviour of Israel in Jericho yesterday, not to mention the strange behaviour – to say the least – of US and British troops. Needless to say, that action makes the EU’s position more difficult. While my group strongly agrees that Hamas must renounce violence and endorse existing international treaties and agreements, we must note with sadness that Israel is making it increasingly difficult to hold this line. We will nevertheless do so, but we must also make it very clear that actions like those witnessed yesterday run totally counter to the search for a peaceful outcome."@en1
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