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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"1999-12-01"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Turkey2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.19991201.10.3-131"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:1999-12-01-Speech-3-1322
lpv:speaker	lp:Nelly Maes2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Development and Cooperation (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3,3 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)3,3 unknown; Volksunie (1999-07-20--2002-01-07)3,3 vice-chair; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2002-01-07)3,3 member; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3,3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-19--2002-01-14)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, the European Free Alliance has not approved of Customs Union in the past. The majority in this Parliament did approve following tortuous debates since approval would encourage the Turkish Government to arrive at an acceptable human rights policy, true democracy and a political solution to end the Kurdish issue. We find that the outcome is not altogether convincing. With the sentencing to death of the Kurdish leader Öçalan and confirmation thereof, we are once again faced with the tragic consequences of an unresolved request for respect and right of self-determination on behalf of a people, the Kurdish people, in Turkey. In Turkey, a great deal of pressure is being exerted by various parties and groups on Turkish society to demand the execution of Öçalan. Turkey is not yet ready to abolish the death sentence by a long shot, even if the death sentence is not actually carried out. Turkey has to provide us with a guarantee that the life of Öçalan will be spared. If this is not the case, the hope that a political solution will be reached for the Kurdish issue in Turkey will once again be dashed. The despair of the Kurds will not do much for stability in our countries either. We know that thousands of Kurds live here. I would nevertheless like to join in the congratulations extended to the rapporteur, as the text of his report is, in many ways, an improvement on the Commission’s proposal. One could say that the financial support follows on from earlier decisions reached by us. But think it through: if we vote on the text, the report stipulates that financial cooperation can be suspended in the event that the democratic principles of the constitutional State, human rights or fundamental liberties are violated. Does this not imply that, if we grant financial benefits today, the goalposts for human rights, etc. have already been set and that, consequently, only a deterioration of the current situation could lead to suspension? As far as we are concerned, the goalposts of these measures do not go far enough. We would like to see the situation in Turkey drastically improve in terms of democratisation and human rights and in terms of a solution to the Kurdish issue, but we hope that this is possible without having to exert financial pressure."@en1

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