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"Mr President, the historically most extensive enlargement of the European Union was two years old on May 1. In its latest announcement, the Commission emphasised that accession has brought economic perspective and resources for new Member States, and a new momentum and a larger market for old Member States. In spite of the fears, social dumping has not materialised, and wage levels and social resources in Western Europe have not dropped.
Therefore, let us put a stop to the initial distrust between the two camps, and let us show European citizens the true effect of accession, because in our globalising world neither the new, nor the old Member States stand any chance of remaining in the competition without the European Union.
The first signs of working together without distrust are already noticeable in the compromises reached in handling the Services Directive and the Financial Perspective. We must join our efforts to speed up the transformation of the structure and decision making of the European Union, because it is possible to adopt a Constitutional Treaty, and it must be done. My wish for all of us is that we draw faith and courage for our work from the second anniversary of the last enlargement."@en1
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