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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"1999-12-16"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Vote2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.19991216.2.4-092"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:1999-12-16-Speech-4-0932
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 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-19--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the Members of the European Free Alliance have also approved the text concerning the Helsinki Summit. Nevertheless, by way of an explanation of vote, I would like to make a few observations. Parliament has taken note of the fact that Turkey has been included as a candidate country. This turn of phrase clearly hints at the wave of criticism this has met within this Parliament. On behalf of the European Free Alliance, I would like to explicitly subscribe to this criticism. We thought it was far too soon, given that the Kurdish issue is nowhere near a stage where it could be resolved in the light of the right to self-determination of the Kurds and human rights are still being violated with no end in sight. The fact that the winner of the Sakharov prize, Leyla Zana, is still in prison herself, clearly indicates that the right to freedom of speech in Turkey and human rights are still being neglected. This is why it was not the right time. We do wonder if there is ever going to be a right time. My second observation concerns our disappointment regarding institutional reform. As far as we are concerned, regions which have sovereign power, based on their own constitution, should also be able to execute it within Europe. Europe is not just a sum of Member States. Democracy within Europe must gain more depth."@en1

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