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"Mr President, I would like to associate myself with the comments of Mr Ceyhun, and the excellent and formidable contribution of Mr Nordmann.
There is a whiff of hypocrisy when this House turns to look at Turkey: I do not see the same approach and the same attitude to the other accession and candidate countries. I would put to the honourable Members here today that if the same criteria had been applied, the histories of some of the current Member States would have disbarred them from membership of the European Union. What we have to send today is a message that we are consistent in the application of our principle. We have to support the reformers, we have to encourage change; or we do the reverse, we discourage the reformers, bring about the growth of fundamentalism and shut the door on Turkey forever.
I am pleased at the comments from the Commissioner. A lot has been achieved, the reforms are impressive and it is right that we should acknowledge that. The President-in-Office of the Council said there are two priority areas. My priority areas are these: to encourage reform and to accelerate the process of reform. The perception in Turkey (I was there ten days ago), amongst politicians and ordinary men and women, is that the European Union does not want Turkey to join. Sadly, in this debate that prejudice, I feel, has been reinforced."@en1
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