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"The resolution we are voting on today critically emphasises the complications encountered in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s march toward membership of the European Union.
The credentials of this country are clearly not in order from the viewpoint of guaranteeing a democratic system and of the fight against the corruption that is so rife in Bosnia. Over and above the critical points rightly raised in the report, a belief apparently persists that the European Union would derive some advantage from this country’s accession to Europe. I honestly cannot see what benefits could be obtained by the entry of a country that, in the event of its accession, would simply – as other candidate countries have done – dump its internal economic, social and democratic problems on the shoulders of the Member States.
We should also be concerned by the situation of growing disadvantage, discrimination and hostility that the Christian community encounters in Bosnia, a country with a Muslim majority where social and economic rights are judged by a different yardstick according to your religious affiliation.
I do not believe that Bosnia and Herzegovina has any entitlement to aspire to EU accession. Let us therefore consider blocking the accession process in order to avoid certain injury to our citizens."@en1
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