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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"1999-10-06"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:VOTES2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.19991006.3.3-139"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:1999-10-06-Speech-3-1402
lpv:speaker	lp:Nelly Maes2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Development and Cooperation (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (1999-09-14--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Volksunie (1999-07-20--2002-01-07)3 vice-chair; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2002-01-07)3 member; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I would like to make this statement on behalf of the EFA members of our group. Although we are aware that the Turkish authorities are making positive noises, still we are not convinced that they signal real change at this stage. Their position as regards human rights, the Kurdish question and Cyprus means that we do not yet consider Turkey to be a democratic constitutional state. What we want is for Turkey to become such a state The pro-democracy Turks, the Kurds and the Cypriots want this too. We must support these forces in Turkey and that is why we want real cooperation. Consequently, we have voted neither for nor against this resolution precisely because we are both for and against it. So do we consider the prospect of full membership to be a necessary precondition of cooperation? Not so. We believe that cooperation is certainly feasible, indeed we believe that such cooperation is actually necessary for bringing about policy that will truly promote peace and development. That is something we all have a need for. So can we not have cooperation which is made to measure? In any case, geopolitical factors are not sufficient reason for something as radical as full membership of the European Union. We believe that a democratic Turkey must be able to speak out about this itself. But we also feel that the European countries themselves, that the people must know how far they want integration to go. I am very concerned, particularly when I actually hear someone in the Commission, Commissioner Bolkestein to be precise, say that the enlargement of Europe is getting in the way of the deepening process. We want a Europe that truly unites peoples and regions and has extensive supranational power, with more authority being devolved to subordinate levels. But we believe that these questions need answering first. However we feel that Turkey deserves an honest answer too."@en1

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