EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ««« « « « « 1999 « « 2004 ««« Session document FINAL A5-0190/2002 Par1 24 May 2002 REPORT on the state of enlargement negotiations (COM(2001) 700 – C5-0024/2002 – 2002/2023(COS)) Part 1: Motion for a resolution Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy Rapporteur: Elmar Brok Co-rapporteurs: Jacques F. Poos, Jürgen Schröder, Gunilla Carlsson, Luís Queiró, Elisabeth Schroedter, Ioannis Souladakis, Ursula Stenzel, Jas Gawronski, Jan Marinus Wiersma, Demetrio Volcic, Geoffrey Van Orden, Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne RR\469983EN.doc PE 309.662 EN EN PE 309.662 2/129 RR\469983EN.doc EN CONTENTS Page PROCEDURAL PAGE ..............................................................................................................4 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION .............................................................................................6 Countries aiming at accession in 2004.................................................................................10 Cyprus (Jacques F. Poos)......................................................................................................10 Czech Republic (Jürgen Schröder) .......................................................................................12 Estonia (Gunilla Carlsson)....................................................................................................13 Hungary (Luís Queiró) .........................................................................................................15 Latvia (Elisabeth Schroedter) ...............................................................................................16 Lithuania (Ioannis Souladakis).............................................................................................18 Malta (Ursula Stenzel)..........................................................................................................20 Poland (Jas Gawronski)........................................................................................................21 Slovakia (Jan Marinus Wiersma) .........................................................................................23 Slovenia (Demetrio Volcic)..................................................................................................25 Countries aiming at accession after 2004 ............................................................................26 Bulgaria (Geoffrey Van Orden)............................................................................................26 Romania (Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne) ................................................................28 Published separately: EXPLANATORY STATEMENT........................................................ (Part 2 – A5-0190/2002) OPINIONS OF THE OTHER COMMITTEES .................................. (Part 3 – A5-0190/2002) RR\469983EN.doc 3/129 PE 309.662 EN PROCEDURAL PAGE By letter of 15 November 2001, the Commission forwarded to Parliament its Strategy Paper and Report on the progress towards accession by each of the candidate countries (COM(2001) 700 – 2002/2023(COS)). At the sitting of 4 February 2002 the President of Parliament announced that he had referred this report to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy as the committee responsible and to all committees concerned for their opinions (C5-0024/2002). The Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy had appointed Elmar Brok rapporteur at its meeting of 12 December 2001. At the same meeting, it confirmed the appointment of co-rapporteurs Jacques F. Poos (Cyprus), Jürgen Schröder (Czech Republic), Gunilla Carlsson (Estonia), Luís Queiró (Hungary), Elisabeth Schroedter (Latvia), Ioannis Souladakis (Lithuania), Ursula Stenzel (Malta), Jas Gawronski (Poland), Jan Marinus Wiersma (Slovakia), Demetrio Volcic (Slovenia), Geoffrey Van Orden (Bulgaria), and Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne (Romania). The committee considered the draft report at its meetings of 25 March and 21-22 May 2002. At the latter meeting it adopted the motion unanimously. The following were present for the vote: Elmar Brok, chairman and rapporteur, Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne (co-rapporteur), Geoffrey Van Orden (co-rapporteur), and Christos Zacharakis, vice-chairmen; Alexandros Baltas, Bastiaan Belder, Gunilla Carlsson (co-rapporteur), Michael Cashman (for Sami Naïr), Daniel Marc Cohn-Bendit, Paul Coûteaux, Rosa M. Díez González, Andrew Nicholas Duff (for Ole Andreasen), Pernille Frahm (for André Brie), Michael Gahler, Gerardo Galeote Quecedo, Jas Gawronski (co- rapporteur), Vitaliano Gemelli (for John Walls Cushnahan), José María Gil-Robles Gil- Delgado (for Alain Lamassoure pursuant to Rule 153(2)), Alfred Gomolka, Vasco Graça Moura (for Franco Marini), Ulpu Iivari (for Magdalene Hoff), Giorgos Katiforis (for Glyn Ford), Joost Lagendijk, Catherine Lalumière, Armin Laschet, Jules Maaten (for Claudio Martelli), Cecilia Malmström, Pedro Marset Campos, Miguel Angel Martínez Martínez (for Véronique De Keyser), Linda McAvan, Emilio Menéndez del Valle, Philippe Morillon, Pasqualina Napoletano, Arie M. Oostlander, Doris Pack (for José Pacheco Pereira), Jacques F. Poos (co-rapporteur), Luís Queiró (co-rapporteur), Jacques Santer, Amalia Sartori, Jürgen Schröder (co-rapporteur), Elisabeth Schroedter (co-rapporteur), Ioannis Souladakis (co- rapporteur), Ursula Stenzel (co-rapporteur), David Sumberg, Ilkka Suominen, Hannes Swoboda, Charles Tannock, Maj Britt Theorin (for Klaus Hänsch), Antonios Trakatellis (for José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra), Bob van den Bos, Johan Van Hecke, Paavo Väyrynen, Luigi Vinci, Demetrio Volcic (co-rapporteur), Karl von Wogau, Jan Marinus Wiersma (co-rapporteur), and Matti Wuori. The explanatory statement will be published separately (Part 2 – A5-0190/2002). PE 309.662 4/129 RR\469983EN.doc EN The opinions of the Committees on Budgetary Control, on Citizens’ Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs, on Economic and Monetary Affairs, on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market, on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy, on Employment and Social Affairs, on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy, on Agriculture and Rural Development, on Fisheries, on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism, on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport, on Women’s Rights and Equal Opportunities, and on Petitions will be published separately (Part 3 – A5-0190/2002). The report was tabled on 24 May 2002. The deadline for tabling amendments will be indicated in the draft agenda for the relevant part-session. RR\469983EN.doc 5/129 PE 309.662 EN MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION European Parliament resolution on the state of enlargement negotiations (COM(2001) 700 – C5-0024/2002 – 2002/2023(COS)) The European Parliament, – having regard to the Commission’s Strategy Paper and Report (COM(2001) 700 – C5-0024/2002), – having regard to the conclusions of the Laeken European Council in December 2001, – having regard to its previous resolutions and reports since the start of the accession negotiations, – having regard to the Mendez De Vigo-Seguro report on the Treaty of Nice and the future of the European Union1 and the Mendez De Vigo-Leinen report on the future of the Union2, – having regard to Rule 47(1) of its Rules of Procedure, – having regard to the report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy and the opinions of the Committees on Budgetary Control, on Citizens’ Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs, on Economic and Monetary Affairs, on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market, on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy, on Employment and Social Affairs, on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy, on Agriculture and Rural Development, on Fisheries, on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism, on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport, on Women’s Rights and Equal Opportunities, and on Petitions (A5-0190/2002), A. whereas this report aims to encourage the Commission, the Member States and the candidate countries to accomplish their tasks during this crucial year of the accession process, 1. Underlines the fact that the enlargement of the European Union is a historical necessity for the peoples of Europe in order to make peaceful and prosperous coexistence possible on the European continent and to ensure further economic and social progress; considers that the elaborate and steady process of reforms undertaken by the candidate countries and supported by the EU’s pre-accession strategy has demonstrated its positive effect for the stability of the whole continent; 1 Adopted on 31 May 2001. 2 Adopted on 29 November 2001. PE 309.662 6/129 RR\469983EN.doc EN 2. Points out that accession ascribes to the new Member States a high degree of political responsibility for the future of the EU and the world and that all Member States – both old and new – must be aware that modes of behaviour dating from the last century and from the one before that must not be extrapolated into the future; feels sure that the wounds of many historic disputes can be healed by enlargement of the EU and that the various peoples will involve themselves in the common construction of the new European house, in order to guarantee a durable peace, the common values and the welfare of the people of Europe; 3. Is of the firm conviction that, as in the case of previous accessions, differing views about historic events do not constitute a barrier to accession but