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"Madam President, I voted against the report, not because I have anything against the Turkish people but because I am against the institutional system, which prevents true democracy. As long as Turkey is not a truly democratic state and does not respect minorities or prisoners, political or otherwise, I consider this accession inappropriate. In addition, we know that Turkey is hostile towards some Member States of the Union, when all they have done is recognise the Armenian genocide, which is a historical fact.
That is why I tabled an amendment calling for an investigation of Turkish democracy, like the one carried out for Austria. If we want people to join us, they must be genuinely democratic, and Turkey is not. Nor indeed is Italy, in certain respects, as the recent trials in Verona against my party demonstrate."@en1
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