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"Mr President, I would like to make three comments.
As far as enlargement with Turkey is concerned, it is the usual practice to have a debate. We cannot express regret that European citizens lack an interest in Europe whilst also rejecting the debate on enlargement, enlargement which would be the furthest removed from the European Union’s original plan.
At the same time, the enlargement process that is currently being undertaken includes the greatest number of countries. We must remember that we have never enlarged by more than three countries at once. The current enlargement process is not yet completed. We all hope that it will be a success. Let us complete it successfully before launching a debate on possible future enlargements.
With respect to the European Union’s major neighbours, one of which – but not the only one – is Turkey, we must be capable of proposing another solution to the dilemma with which we are trying to grapple, that of accession or exclusion.
Yet, as the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats is proposing, there is another solution, one better adapted to the problem raised. This solution is to define a specific framework of relations including a substantial economic section and which enables us to finance a specific number of projects and infrastructures. This is how the continent of North America is organised, and no one there is proposing that Mexico or Canada should be members of the United States of America.
The Group of the European People’s Party is proposing another option, which is much better adapted to the real problem. I am sure that Parliament will be open to the feelings of the population and will ask to move forward in this direction and lay down a new framework between the European Union and its neighbouring countries."@en1
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