Olli Rehn
Olli Rehn
Olli Ilmari Rehn; born 31 March 1962 in Mikkeli, Finland) is a Finnish politician, who is the Minister of Economic Affairs in Juha Sipilä's cabinet. Previously, he served as European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs and the Euro of the European Commission from 2009 to 2014 and the European Commissioner for Enlargement from 2004 to 2010. Rehn is a member of the Centre Party of Finland...
current decide develop either force provisions treaty
We should either have the constitutional treaty in force or we should decide how we amend or develop the provisions of the current treaty,
closely commission continue efforts european hesitate monitor progress recommend suspension
During the negotiations we will continue to monitor progress closely and the European Commission will not hesitate to recommend the suspension of negotiations if the efforts
means member points quite safeguard strong veto
This means 71 veto points for each member state. That is quite a strong safeguard
improvement provide situation suspension
A suspension of negotiations would not provide any improvement in the situation for the moment.
certain concrete eu future hostage sure taken tangible
Serbia has a concrete and tangible EU perspective, but Serbia has to make sure that its future is not taken hostage to certain obstacles.
combat crime efforts high needed organized
Significant efforts are needed to effectively combat organized crime and corruption, especially at high level.
basic cases circumstance cut framework human rights stated violation
Negotiations may be cut off on extraordinary circumstances, as it is stated in Turkey's framework document. For instance, in cases of violation of human rights or basic rights, negotiations will be cut off,
marking start talks today
Today we are marking the start of the talks
rather recommend
We recommend a constitutional evolution, rather than a constitutional revolution,
european indeed marks phase relationship start today union
Today indeed marks the start of a new phase in the relationship between European Union and Serbia and Montenegro,
confident outcome positive start
I am confident we will have a positive outcome and start negotiations (with Turkey) tomorrow.
agree confident framework member start states talks
I am confident that the member states will agree on a counter-declaration and on the negotiating framework so that talks can start on Oct. 3,
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I hope member states can soon agree on what the accession of a 28th member state would mean in terms of the composition of the commission and voting rights in the council,
actual attention months paid particular
In the months to come, particular attention must be paid to actual implementation and enforcement of the reforms,