A 'road map' and an 'ad hoc'
commissioner to address the issue of the enlargement of the
European Union: the proposal is put forward by the former head
of the cabinet of the Minister for European Affairs and
president of the 'La Parabola' Study Centre, Francesco
Tufarelli, during the discussion panel 'The shape of the EU
after the European Parliament elections' during the 33rd
Economic Forum in Karpacz (Poland).
"The commissioner - explained Tufarelli - must be a very well
structured person and in excellent relations with colleagues:
authority and courage are the necessary qualities. They have
been so in every enlargement: I still remember in the last major
enlargement (2004) a lot of pressure to delay the operation. In
the following years we continued to suffer criticism. If the new
candidates are not accepted they will do something else and this
is not good. If we had given up on enlargement in 2004, the
situation would be really difficult now."
"I have great confidence - he added - that the next Polish
presidency of the EU will start the new enlargement. In fact,
all the candidate countries, and not just the Macedonians, need
to see that the European Union has a single and decisive
direction The different positions of the candidate countries
require different solutions and times. Even in 2004 we studied
an 'ad hoc' solution for Bulgaria and Romania. However, without
delaying the entry of other states, it is important to make a
shared 'road map' visible. In this sense, it would be important
for the European budget to provide adequate resources for
enlargement."
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