Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-10-25-Speech-2-171"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-10-25"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Progress towards accession by Bulgaria and Romania2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20051025.20.2-171"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-10-25-Speech-2-1722
lpv:speaker	lp:Cecilia Malmström2
lpv:spokenAs	member_of_the_bureau; ALDE (2004-07-20--2006-10-05)3 member; AFET (2004-07-21--2006-10-05)3 substitute; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2006-10-05)3 substitute; DROI (2004-07-30--2006-10-05)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Belarus (2004-09-15--2006-10-05)3 member; SEDE (2004-07-21--2006-10-05)3 unknown; Folkpartiet liberalerna (2004-07-20--2006-10-05)3 substitute; IMCO (2004-07-22--2006-10-05)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Croatia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-20--2006-10-05)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, the enlargement and unification of Europe will not of course be complete without our friends Romania and Bulgaria. They have a natural place in the European community, and we look forward to their becoming Members before long. We in the Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe are delighted to have our colleagues here in the form of observers. In that way, we are able to get to know them, and we shall be able to prepare each other for Romania’s and Bulgaria’s forthcoming membership. We are impressed by the progress made in both countries but, at the same time, we must of course examine this progress, the implementation of the relevant measures, and any remaining problems. The Commissioner indicated a number of these problems: areas requiring further measures as a matter of some urgency. We need to be vigilant in the area of human rights, which is an area to which Parliament in general and the ALDE Group in particular always devote additional attention. We owe this to the people of the candidate countries, and we owe it to ourselves if we are to be able to defend European values. Corruption is a big worry, and the Roma – Europe’s largest minority – are marginalised in Romania and Bulgaria just as in many other European countries, with high unemployment, high figures for ill health and large and serious social problems. Unfortunately, discrimination and racist violence still occur, and too often it is on the part of the authorities. This is naturally unacceptable. Another storm cloud mentioned by certain colleagues has to do with children, especially those children cared for in institutions, among them children with mental disabilities. There are worrying signs that these children are being openly neglected, and that is of course unworthy of a Member State. I hope that the Commission will increase its efforts to support Romania and Bulgaria in order to help them to cope successfully with these and other problems and to do so – as I still believe and hope it is possible for them to do – within the time frame for accession in 2007."@en1

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