Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2012-03-14-Speech-3-211-000"

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dcterms:Date	"2012-03-14"^^xsd:date2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20120314.22.3-211-000"2
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lpv:spokenAs	member; IMCO (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Suomen Sosialidemokraattinen Puolue/Finlands Socialdemokratiska Parti (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; S&D (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the United States (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; CULT (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, it is extremely regrettable that the dispute over its name continues to obstruct Macedonia’s membership of the EU and prevent the enlargement process from going forward. The European Union has promised all the Balkan countries an opportunity to be part of the enlargement process. Macedonia was one of the first countries in the region to be granted EU candidate status. Besides, the Macedonians are very much in favour of the EU – at least they are for now. For three years in succession, the European Commission has issued a recommendation for the start of EU accession talks with Macedonia, but the Council has simply not as yet reached agreement on the matter. The Commission has also succumbed to linguistic censorship; it does not use the terms Macedonia or Macedonian. The UN does not act in this way. The EU would do well to take a look in the mirror. It has a responsibility for ensuring that no country is left behind. The credibility of the entire EU accession process may be jeopardised, simply because of this dispute over a name. Macedonia’s progress, of course, is primarily dependent on Macedonia itself, but the EU should not have the right to close the door in its face because of such a political dispute over its name."@en1
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