Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2012-03-28-Speech-3-196-000"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2012-03-28"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Enlargement report for Montenegro (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20120328.20.3-196-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2012-03-28-Speech-3-197-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Nikolaos Chountis2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Coalition of the Radical Left (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member_of_the_bureau; EUL/NGL (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; ECON (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 member; PETI (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 substitute; AFET (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 substitute; SEDE (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I am in favour of the accession of Montenegro – and of every other country in the Western Balkans – to the European Union, provided that its people so wish and the political forces agree. However, we believe that this procedure and accession negotiations should be used as an occasion to resolve economic, social, democratic and human rights problems for the benefit of the people. In this sense, the report contains positive encouragement, especially in terms of establishing a modern, democratic state and combating organised crime. However, there are two points in it which I should like to highlight, given that Montenegro is one of the simplest cases in the Balkans, because we do not agree that such issues should be raised in this manner. The first issue is that accession to the European Union and to NATO should be voted on together. As we all know, NATO is a problematic organisation which does not have the best reputation in this particular area, by which I mean the Balkans in general. The second point has to do with the fact that, basically, we are encouraging economic solutions, such as foreign investments and more flexible forms of work (there is high unemployment in Montenegro) which will certainly exacerbate the situation of the workers. Therefore, if Montenegro joins on certain conditions, it will bring down the general financial and social level in the European Union. I would have preferred it if these points had been left out of the report."@en1
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