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"Madam President, I would like to pay tribute to the balanced resolution of my colleague, Mr Swoboda, and say that it is vital for us to make a success of this accession. This leads me to draw attention to the considerable misgivings of certain sectors of public opinion, as this accession has come at the wrong time. History does not work to a timetable and we are in a period of crisis. The people of Europe have misgivings.
After the fall of the Berlin Wall, there was a wave of post-communist accessions and today we proceed on a case-by-case basis. That is why, Commissioner, I think that a major communication campaign is needed in all EU Member States, and perhaps even in Croatia itself, to explain all the work that has been achieved, that all the chapters are well respected and that serious preparations have been made for this accession.
That is my proposal, because the competence for accession does not lie with Europe. Competence for accession lies with the States and with the peoples of those States. We have a duty to make a success of this accession. Let us use all the resources at our disposal during this difficult period of European integration that we are going through."@en1
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