Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-03-16-Speech-4-146"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-03-16"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Explanations of vote2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060316.17.4-146"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-03-16-Speech-4-2412
lpv:speaker	lp:Frédérique Ries2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with Israel (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Canada (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; DROI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; ALDE (2006-02-27--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Mouvement Réformateur (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; ALDE (2004-07-20--2007-02-26)3 substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2007-03-14)3 member; ENVI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; AFET (2004-07-30--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	". Today, Parliament has given its opinion on the strategy for managing future enlargements of the European Union. Enlargement ‘reunions’ with our brothers in Europe – Bulgarians, Romanians, Croats, Macedonians and others, arbitrarily separated from us after Yalta. They are as destined to join us as the European Union is to integrate them. It is not the substance that I am contesting, but the form and the timescale, and that is the reason why I voted for paragraphs 5 and 6. It is time for the European Union to enter into a proper debate about its own borders. This is something it carefully avoided doing throughout all the work of the Convention. It is a black hole in the Constitution that has amply fuelled scepticism and anxiety. Avoiding unpleasantness is an attitude unworthy of us and of our electors, and asking for a debate does not make us ‘refuseniks’ against enlargement. A Europe without borders is of no use to those who want a European power. Our borders may be geographical, historical and moral, of course, but they are necessary to preserve a model, a vision and common values."@en1

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