The conditions for Croatia’ s accession to the EU – and not to Europe, as the resolution states – raise similar problems to the accession of other countries, albeit with some peculiar characteristics. As elsewhere, we claim to be applying the Copenhagen criteria, based on the assumption that a viable market economy is being created, whilst in reality the states’ erosion of social protection and their underfunding of social programmes have led to poverty, unemployment and external debt.
Siamo favorevoli a una costruzione europea aperta a tutti i paesi, ma l’ attuale dibattito sull’ ampliamento comporta l’ esame di aree che si preferisce evitare; per tale motivo abbiamo votato contro questa risoluzione.