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 we are marking the start of the talks
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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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It is now high time to complete the work, locate, arrest and transfer Ratko Mladic to The Hague without delay and if that is not the case in the next few days then we have no other option than to call off the next negotiation round.
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It is high time that Serbia reaches full co-operation with the ICTY. That is the way to avoid the disruption of the negotiations, that the negotiations would be put on hold when the next round takes place.
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Suspension of negotiations is certainly one alternative, and I expect that the Serbian government will take this message very seriously. Serbia has to chose now between its nationalist past and a European future.
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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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We can say that after a long night, there's a new dawn now for the Western Balkans,
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The negotiations, once started, will certainly be long and difficult. And in many ways the process of negotiations and reform will be as important as the outcome.
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The agreement ... paves the way for a smooth adoption of the negotiating framework and thus the opening of the accession negotiations with Turkey,
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The agreement between the member states paves the way for a smooth adoption of the negotiating framework and thus the opening of the accession negotiations with Turkey on Oct. 3,
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Serbia truly is at a crossroads today. It's clear 2006 is a year of major challenges.
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Serbia still has some weeks to achieve full cooperation -- roughly at the end of March.
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They can count on it that the EU will in principle use the same logic and calculations as during the expansion from 15 to 25.
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Turkey's fit to open the negotiations with the European Union,