Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/1999-10-06-Speech-3-035"

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dcterms:Date	"1999-10-06"^^xsd:date2
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dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.19991006.1.3-035"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:1999-10-06-Speech-3-0362
lpv:speaker	lp:Gary Titley2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I must confess when I hear phrases about Europe being overrun and overwhelmed it fills me with absolute horror about the quality of the debate in this Parliament. However, this debate has puzzled me somewhat and therefore I would like to put a question to Mr Sasi and Commissioner Verheugen, namely: What is the difference between what is going to happen in Helsinki and what happened in Luxembourg? In Luxembourg we confirmed Turkey’s eligibility for accession to the EU. I understand we are talking about confirmation of Turkey’s candidate status in Helsinki. However, whenever I ask Commissioner van den Broek if Turkey is a candidate, he says the Commission regards Turkey as already being a candidate. So what exactly is new in Helsinki? All candidate countries of course must meet the Copenhagen criteria and Turkey is surely no different. None of the applicant countries meet the Copenhagen criteria yet, otherwise by definition they would be members now, so what is the difference with Turkey? Meeting the Copenhagen criteria is not a static process – it is a dynamic process. We are working with the other applicant countries to help them meet the Copenhagen criteria. Human rights problems in Latvia and Slovakia would never have been dealt with without the positive prospects of European Union membership and Turkey should be treated in the same way. We have to be actively involved in order to improve the implementation of the European strategy. We need to harmonise Turkey’s legislation to the and we need to work with Turkey to build a civil society. We cannot do that unless we do what we did with the other Central and Eastern European countries and are prepared to spend the money we have promised: that is the crucial factor. We have to become involved as we promised to do in the Customs Union and in the association agreement, and we must work to make Turkey ready for European Union membership, just like all the other applicant countries."@en1
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