Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-05-16-Speech-2-209"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-05-16"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Progress report on the accession of Bulgaria and Romania (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060516.35.2-209"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-05-16-Speech-2-2102
lpv:speaker	lp:Nils Lundgren2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member_of_the_bureau; IND/DEM (2004-07-20--2007-06-12)3 vice-chair; CONT (2004-07-23--2007-01-14)3 substitute; ECON (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Junilistan (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; ITRE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"The issue of Bulgaria’s and Romania’s membership of the EU has, of course, already been decided in practice. The only matter that we can formally debate in this House is that of whether these two countries are to be admitted in January 2007 or January 2008. There are two reasons why the June List welcomes enlargement to include new Member States. Firstly, the more of us there are the more difficult it is to imagine Brussels’ being able to regulate the European Union’s development in detail. That constitutes considerable progress. Secondly, our admitting new countries to the EU is a great success for democracy, for the principle of the rule of law and for peace in Europe. We are, in that sense, adherents of what is usually called the EU’s soft power. In actual fact, the EU contributes to democracy and the principle of the rule of law in the countries on its doorstep for the simple reason that such countries wish, for all sorts of different reasons, to join the EU, and, before they join, we in the EU require them to fulfil important conditions, known as the Copenhagen criteria. That being the case, we must, however, take these considerations seriously. It is obvious that Bulgaria and Romania do not fulfil those requirements we chose to set down from the beginning. For the same reason, we can see that it was a mistake to begin membership negotiations with Turkey right now. Its treatment of the Kurds and of women and its attitudes to, for example, freedom of expression show that we should not have done so. We were right, however, to decline, for the time being, to enter into negotiations with Serbia on the grounds that General Mladić is still at large. What we can now do regarding the issue we confront today is at least to postpone Bulgaria’s and Romania’s accession to January 2008. With the future in mind, we should in that way be sending the correct signal to Europe, including Croatia, Serbia, Turkey, Ukraine and Belarus."@en1

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