Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-05-16-Speech-2-248"

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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	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060516.35.2-248"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-05-16-Speech-2-2492
lpv:speaker	lp:Georgios Papastamkos2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; INTA (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (2004-09-22--2007-01-17)3 substitute; AFCO (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 chair; Delegation to the EU-Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-21--2007-01-17)3 unknown; Nea Dimokratia (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I should like by way of introduction to express my appreciation of the European Commission for the valuable work which it has presented to us today. Ladies and gentlemen, the accession of Bulgaria and Romania does not raise questions of political, economic or cultural geography for the European Union. Certainly there are deficits in institutional and administrative adaptation, especially in areas relating to the European area of freedom, security and justice. However, we should not overlook the fact that the order to adapt is ongoing. It is inherent in and directs relations between the European Union and a Member State. The crucial question, in my opinion, has to do with weighing the costs and benefits for the European Union in the event that accession is postponed. I believe that there will be a cost to the very credibility of the European Union. It will demonstrate a lack of ability to assimilate on its part. Just a few months before accession, the European Union should not send a negative message of postponement to the people of Bulgaria and Romania. The accession of these two countries will strengthen the homogenisation of the economic area of southeast Europe and, at the same time, will encourage the process of political and economic convergence of the Western Balkans on its path towards integration in the Union. In other words, there will also be a positive spill-over effect for the Western Balkans. The message that we must send to Bulgaria and Romania is a message to intensify regulatory work in the period of time remaining. To the extent that European governance – European multilevel governance – affects national unification or de-unification, we have only one option: a creative convergence of opinions which will allow the move from a European Union of the 25 to a European Union of the 27. The way forward is politically preordained. Let us make sure it is institutionally prepared on 1 January 2007."@en1

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