Written Statements

Written Statement: State of the union

The reasons for the weaknesses being demonstrated by the European Union must be correctly recognised. These weaknesses result from developments within the Union, not from unforeseen events happening outside or inside Europe. The Union is suffering from overstretch and over-reach. Because of them, have emerged the dilemmas and paralysis that affect the Union as it

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Written Statements

Written statement: EU support to Tunisia

Instability in North Africa was boosted by the efforts of European powers to achieve regime change there. They did this without having a road map for the future. The resulting confusion has fuelled radical extremism, multiplying the security threat both inside and outside North Africa. Still, Tunisia managed to achieve a fragile democratic balance that

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Written Statements

Situation in Hungary

I would like to qualify my vote on this resolution with the following remarks; 1)On a general level, I doubt the value of an omnibus resolution which reviews rather indiscriminately all matters of grievance in Hungary’s positioning inside the EU, with little focus on what the priorities should be; 2)There may be scope for a

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Written Statements

Progress Report on Turkey

Though I voted for this resolution, I wish to express the following reservations: 1)On a general level, I doubt the value of an omnibus resolution which reviews rather indiscriminately on all files pertaining to the Turkey-EU relationship, with little focus on what the priorities should be; 2)The resolution says much about what Turkey should have

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