Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2012-03-14-Speech-3-375-250"
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"en.20120314.22.3-375-250"2
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"I welcome the fact that Macedonia was the first among the countries concerned to be granted candidate status. The Balkan region has key significance to the European Union, and is particularly important to Hungary as well. We must therefore leave no country behind. Over the past few years, Macedonia undertook several efforts and laboured relentlessly towards becoming a Member State of the European Union. In terms of establishing a market economy, it is approaching EU norms. The changes implemented in the fields of justice and administration, the reduction of decentralisation and the efforts made in the area of human rights all prove that the country is committed to Europe. It is, of course, important to note that there still remain ethnic issues, such as the matter of the Bulgarian minority, and there is also still headway to be made in terms of reducing corruption and increasing the transparency of public expenditures; overall, however, the country is on the right track and I hope that it will cooperate with the European Union in taking all necessary measures. At the same time I find it sad that a debate over a country’s name can stand in the way of its future development. We need a much more open-minded approach than that."@en1
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