Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-09-04-Speech-2-148"
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"Mr President, I am positive from Greece's experience that, contrary to what Mr Brok’s motion for a resolution maintains, the already frightful situation in the nations preparing for accession to the European Union will deteriorate even further, given that the purpose of accession is to serve big business, not the workers; workers who, in the run up to accession, are already feeling the pernicious political, social and economic repercussions of privatisation and the surrender of their economies to foreign economic interests. For reasons of solidarity, therefore, we must vote against the reports. We do not want to be accomplices.
As far as Cyprus is concerned, we have taken note of the positive points in the Poos report, which is why we shall abstain rather than vote against it. However, our general political position, as stated above, also applies here. We also note that the pre-accession procedure, especially post-Helsinki, has not only failed to resolve the Cyprus question, it has encouraged Ankara and its vassal Denktash to take an even more intransigent stance. We are particularly worried by the fact that accession negotiations are being used to pressurise the Cypriot leadership into accepting a federal solution, i.e. into legally recognising the invasion and occupation of Cypriot territory and totally abandoning the relevant UN resolutions. I refer you to the statements on the matter made by the president of the European Council, Mr Michel."@en1
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