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"(EL) Mr President, today we have heard two Foreign Ministers speaking on the issue of Turkey. We heard Mr Fischer, the great general of the European Union, who is in command of the incursions in the Balkans, speaking about Turkey and the only thing he said was that in Helsinki Turkey should be upgraded to a preaccession state. What Mr Fischer seems to have forgotten, what he failed to recall, what just escaped him, was the Öçalan factor and, not least, the existence of 20 million Kurds in Turkey.
The Finnish government minister made reference to the Öçalan case which was most encouraging. But we must not limit ourselves to a few simple references in our speeches. There are two very good reasons why the European Union should intervene proactively. The first is that we were under the impression that it was interested in human rights both within the Balkans and further afield. So, there are 2 million Kosovars, fine – but what about the 30 million or so Kurds? The second reason is that the European Union is guilty of not granting asylum to Öçalan. In this case, we need actual intervention, not words.
I would like to end, Mr President, with a question to the President-in-Office of the Council of Foreign Ministers: If Turkey cannot give assurances for Öçalan"s life and if Turkey does not take steps to ensure the political rights of the Kurds, then does the Finnish Presidency believe that Turkey should proceed to the preaccession stage in Helsinki? I would like an answer from the Minister."@en1
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