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CM\540560EN.doc PE 346.886/REV EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT 2004 ?? ?????? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? 2009 Committee on Foreign Affairs September 2004 SPECIFIC QUESTIONNAIRE For Mr Olli REHN Commissioner designate for Enlargement PE 346.886/REV 2/3 CM\540560EN.doc 1. What is your assessment of the provisions and instruments in the Constitutional Treaty concerning CFSP/ESDP? How do you intend to reconcile the inter-governmental nature of these provisions with the role to be played by the European Commission, the European Parliament and the European Court of Justice? How do you envisage the nature of your own relations as Commissioner with the High Representative for CFSP / future Minister for Foreign Affairs of the European Union? 2. What is your opinion regarding the appearance by the Heads of Commission delegations before the Foreign Affairs Committee? Do you support their hearings in our Committee both prior to and, whenever possible, during their appointment to their posts? Would you view this as a major step towards a future European Union Foreign Service? 3. Are you willing to accept the recommendations adopted by the European Parliament and take action on their comments and suggestions? Is the Commission prepared to develop new ways to involve the European Parliament earlier then up to now in the planning and decision making process? As you know, the European Parliament is one of the arms of the budgetary authority and the powers recognised in the budgetary procedure include Parliament's responsibility to formulate remarks and comments beside the budgetary lines. Will you take these remarks and comments into consideration, in a binding manner? How can the implementation of EU (pre-accession) aid be accelerated? 4. The security environment in the strategically important region of the Balkans remains fragile. How can the EU further help to promote stability and prosperity of all Balkan countries in the economic, political and social areas while insisting on the need for them to cooperate fully with the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY)? 5. The outcome of the recent presidential elections in Serbia is regarded as very positive. How could the EU help the Serbian authorities to seize the opportunity to revitalise the process of political and economic reforms, to promote reconciliation with their neighbours and to fulfil international obligations? Should the EU - with a view to the different state of political and economic development - develop a more differentiated policy approach for the Western Balkans? 6. Do you assess the current enlargement as being a success? Do you think that any future enlargement of the EU should be handled in a similar way ? 7. Bulgaria has already closed all negotiation chapters and is ready to sign an Accession Treaty with the EU. Romania is still behind schedule to close negotiations, but is eager to accede to the EU at the same time. How will you ensure that the accession procedure for a candidate country adheres to the principle of that candidate country being judged on its own merits, rather than being judged by any comparison to the performance of other candidate countries? CM\540560EN.doc 3/3 PE 346.886/REV 8. Could the planned opening of negotiations with Croatia in spring 2005 delay the next round of enlargement? 9. How do you foresee the future enlargement of the European Union? What are the countries which have, in your view, the vocation to become members, regardless of the time it would take for them to comply with the Copenhagen criteria. Should the fulfilment of the political criteria is a pre-condition for negotiations? How far may the European Union's borders be extended? 10. The European Council will decide in December 2004 on the basis of a Commission recommendation, whether Turkey complies with the political Copenhagen criteria. If Turkey is found to meet these political criteria fully in practice, only then accession negotiations can be opened in 2005. The Commission assumes therefore an enormous responsibility and its recommendation is very crucial. Can in your view the Commission proceed in establishing the most accurate assessment of the situation in Turkey and resist to possible political pressure? 11. How does the Commissioner see the development and evolution of the situation in Cyprus in the near future? What role should the Commission play in the resolution of the Cypriot problem and the reunification of the island? 12. How do you propose to fulfil the EU's commitments to the promotion of human rights and democracy that already exist in agreements that the EU has with third countries? 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