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...
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Today indeed marks the start of a new phase in the relationship between European Union and Serbia and Montenegro,
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I am confident we will have a positive outcome and start negotiations (with Turkey) tomorrow.
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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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Today we are marking the start of the talks
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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
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Bold and significant reforms have been undertaken in Turkey in the last couple of years. However, the pace of change has slowed in 2005 and even though there is progress in implementation it still remains uneven. Therefore, significant further efforts are needed,
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We should either have the constitutional treaty in force or we should decide how we amend or develop the provisions of the current treaty,
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We can say that after a long night, there's a new dawn now for the Western Balkans,
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The accession process is a tool for enhancing security and stability in that region which has suffered so many wars and ethnic conflicts in the last decade,
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Serbia has a concrete and tangible EU perspective, but Serbia has to make sure that its future is not taken hostage to certain obstacles.
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Significant efforts are needed to effectively combat organized crime and corruption, especially at high level.
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Urgent efforts are needed here as nobody should be above the law,
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Turkey's fit to open the negotiations with the European Union,
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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,