European Parliament
Hannes Swoboda (PSE ).
(DE)
Mr President, I am very surprised at the accusation that Mr Brok has laid at our door. We cannot just renounce a right that we have earned through struggle. We absolutely have to make a statement.
I am very surprised at this change. Of course I must take note of it, becoming cleverer is also a good democratic right. However, we stand by our opinion that there should be a resolution. As for the result of the vote, we shall have to see. In any case, we believe that it certainly does make sense to state our opinion before a session of the Council, our opinion being that we are endeavouring to do everything we can to ensure that accession takes place on 1 January 2007.
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