Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-05-16-Speech-2-211"

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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	"pl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060516.35.2-211"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-05-16-Speech-2-2122
lpv:speaker	lp:Ryszard Czarnecki2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; SEDE (2004-07-21--2006-11-14)3 substitute; AFCO (2004-07-21--2006-11-14)3 substitute; Temporary Committee on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transport and illegal detention of prisoners (2006-01-19--2006-11-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of south-east Europe (2004-10-13--2007-03-13)3 member; AFET (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Samoobrona RP (2004-07-20--2008-01-23)3 substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2006-11-14)3 member; NA (2004-07-20--2006-11-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I was 18 when I took part in one of the longest student strikes in Eastern Europe. It took place in Poland during the ‘Solidarity’ period. I remember the posters that we pinned to the walls of my university. They stated: ‘Banning is banned’. Today such a poster could well be hung up on the European Commission building, reading: ‘The banning of Romania and Bulgaria’s accession to the European Union as soon as possible is banned’. Yes, that poster which stated ‘Banning is banned’ was a reference to the student uprisings in May 1968 in Paris. Even then I knew of the role played in these protests by my colleague Mr Cohn-Bendit. For many of us at the time, Mr Cohn-Bendit was a kind of contemporary Robin Hood figure. Robin Hood could not be killed. What I did not know was that, a quarter of a century later, Robin Hood could commit political suicide by talking nonsense, as he has done in this House today. Mr Cohn-Bendit did not speak about the huge effort made by the Romanian and Bulgarian nations, which want to fulfil the European Union’s accession criteria. He did not dedicate much time to the measures taken by the governments of both these countries in this field. He used the debate as a pretext for talking rubbish about my country, Poland. If I were him, I would prefer to focus on racism and anti-Semitism in Germany and France, countries he is very familiar with, or perhaps on the social problems in France. These are the real threats to Europe, not the political fiction that Mr Cohn-Bendit deigned to present to us today. It is a good thing that Romania and Bulgaria are joining the Union in 2007, as I hope they will. We should not set up a new ‘Iron Curtain’ for these countries, a new version of the Berlin Wall. They do not deserve that. Let us encourage them to meet the Union’s accession criteria, but let us not create unfair barriers for them. Let us acknowledge the considerable efforts made by the societies and governments of both these countries in this field. I appeal to the European Commission to do just that."@en1

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