The Minister says that this is a mark of progress, but I cannot accept that. This sounds like motherhood-and-apple-pie Eurospeak. Exactly the same words were used during the accession of Croatia, but has Croatia handed over its war criminals and does it have the rule of law yet? Both were promised. It has one of the longest borders in the EU, which is used for sex trafficking and human trafficking. We heard exactly the same then, but there have been no improvements. Why does the Minister believe there will be improvements with Albania and Serbia?
European Union (Approvals) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Graham Stringer
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 4 July 2017.
It occurred during Debate on bills on European Union (Approvals) Bill.
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