Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-06-04-Speech-3-166"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-06-04"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Turkey's application for EU membership2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030604.4.3-166"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-06-04-Speech-3-1672
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, I recently drove over one of the two bridges between Istanbul and Üsküdar. It struck me how simple it is to cross the Bosphorus, even simpler than crossing the Öresund between Sweden and Denmark. The Bosphorus Bridge took me from the more ancient Istanbul to the more modern Üsküdar. There is no sense of passing from one part of the world to another. Helsinki, in Finland, is still further to the east than Üsküdar on the shore of Anatolia. The assertion that the Bosphorus divides two parts of the world and that the EU must stop there is both inane and vacuous. We should instead be delighted to take on board the interest shown by Turkey in becoming a member of the EU. We should give the country the help it needs in order to reform itself and become a perfectly satisfactory future candidate country. Turkey is a worthy European cooperation partner. Having been a member of NATO for many years and being adjacent to more troubled and conflict-ridden areas, Turkey would remain a key country as a future cooperation partner. To try to set up religious obstacles to Turkish membership of the EU would be not only deeply unfortunate but also downright unchristian. The report before us makes demands of Turkey, demands that must be met if EU membership is to be possible. The report, which is very constructive, nonetheless holds the door clearly open in order to facilitate the future accession of Turkey. The appropriately named Mr Oostlander might be said genuinely to have succeeded with this report on the East."@en1

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