Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-11-19-Speech-2-170"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-11-19"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Progress report on enlargement2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20021119.2.2-170"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-11-19-Speech-2-1712
lpv:speaker	lp:Per-Arne Arvidsson2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the European Economic Area Joint Parliamentary Committee (EEA) (2002-03-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-10-24--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Czech Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 substitute; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (2002-10-23--2004-07-19)3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Moderata samlingspartiet (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, we are heading for the unification of Europe. This is a natural consequence of the winds of freedom having swept away the closed borders of Europe and the insurmountable antagonisms, as well as the suspicion, the Soviet system and the Communist dictatorships. I am convinced that 2004 will go down in history as 1989 has already done. The work of enlargement must proceed further, however. The new Member States must be treated with respect. The principle of subsidiarity must serve more clearly as a guide to cooperation as the EU grows. National self-determination must be the same in the new Member States as in the old. What we do not want the EU to interfere in where our own countries are concerned, the EU must not interfere in where the new Member States are concerned, either. The enlargement process must not cease after 2004 and 2007. We already know that new applications for EU membership are on the way. At the Helsinki European Council in 1999, Turkey was recognised as a candidate country for EU membership. Three years later, the European Parliament cannot now, as some amendments demand, try to change this. Nothing has happened to justify such a measure, so the basic conditions governing an international, confidence-building project cannot suddenly be changed. It would be unworthy of a generous and responsible European Parliament in this way to change the basic conditions set for Turkey. Turkey has made great progress in order to be able to embark upon the negotiations with a view to EU membership. There are things that remain to be done, and it is for Turkey to decide whether it wishes to continue. I am nonetheless convinced that, in the future, a democratic Turkish society governed by the rule of law may be crucially important to a better understanding between the West and the Muslim world. Such friends are valuable at this time."@en1

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