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"Madam President, a week ago, the reports on the accession process in the Balkan states were published. It is not fair to set conditions for the start of negotiations with candidate countries for EU membership and then fail to open negotiations after their fulfilment. Why do we not treat Macedonia fairly? Macedonia is a country where reforms are bringing good results. More than 80% of secondary school leavers in this country go on to university. They start to learn English from the age of six. The Commission report talks of progress in the fight against corruption, a stable government and political dialogue. Macedonia has fulfilled all of the Copenhagen criteria. It deserves a chance to start negotiations on becoming one of the Member States of the EU. We can talk about the unresolved issues during the negotiation process. A failure to do this will undermine confidence in Europe."@en1
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