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Mr President, I would like to thank Commissioner Rehn for his reply and to speak essentially about Romania.
Firstly, I would like to say that Romania’s progress towards accession is clear, particularly in areas that are of fundamental importance to this House, such as the reform of the judicial system and the fight against corruption. I can tell you that Romania has listened to what the European Parliament has had to say on these issues.
Romania’s efforts must continue, of course, but there is no question that progress has been made in the right direction, as you have just acknowledged, Commissioner.
Passing on to other matters, my personal view is that, if possible, as has been planned for some time, Romania and Bulgaria should find out in June when they will enter the Union, that is, whether it is to happen on 1 January 2007, as we all want to see.
I believe that to further delay a decision on the date of entry would create problems, principally for the countries in question. I therefore believe that the accession timetable should be set as soon as possible, preferably in June rather than in December, as Mr Van Orden said earlier. Furthermore, if it is confirmed in June that accession can take place in 2007, that should not mean that the Romanian or Bulgarian authorities would then abandon their adaptation and reform efforts.
Furthermore, in your autumn report you will tell us whether it is necessary, as you have just mentioned, to adopt special safeguard measures, in accordance with the accession treaty, in order to deal with any problems, any deficiencies, that may remain in certain sectors.
There has also been discussion of the possibility — and this question is therefore contained in the more general question by Mr Brok, Mr Moscovici and Mr Van Orden — of monitoring during the post-accession stage. As you have just pointed out, Commissioner, as guardian of the Treaties, it falls to the Commission to carry out the task of control. Furthermore, the accession treaty provides for specific monitoring, since there are safeguard clauses which can be activated during the first three years. The coming reports will tell us what you have to say about this monitoring that may be necessary following accession.
In conclusion, these are historic times for Romania and Bulgaria; we shall be completing the fifth accession. These countries have already suffered delays compared to the other 10 States that entered in 2004. They now want to prevent any further delays and I believe that we must encourage, support and reward their efforts. And we will of course study your report in May with great interest, Commissioner."@en1
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