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"I abstained from voting on the Brok report, although I obviously support completely the enlargement of the European Union to include the ten Member States whose membership will become effective on 1 May 2004.
I have problems with two paragraphs of the resolution, however. Paragraph 63 states that the absence of an agreement on the reunification of Cyprus could constitute a ‘serious obstacle to Turkey’s European ambitions’. That is all well and good. It needs to be added, however, that there are many other problems that are just as serious. Otherwise, Turkey will say tomorrow that it had been promised membership if it favoured an agreement that brought the secession of the north of the island to an end.
Moreover, paragraph 64 states that, if Cyprus is reunified, the European Union would be ready immediately to ‘accept Turkish as an official language’. This is completely the wrong moment for such a move. The Turkish Cypriots are few in number, and their situation is comparable with that of the Gaelic—speaking Irish, whose language has not been made official. Why go any further for Cyprus’s Turkish minority? Do the translation services need to be overburdened at this time? There is no reason for giving such pledges in advance to Turkey."@en1
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