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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-04-01"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Vote2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20040401.3.4-180"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-04-01-Speech-4-1812
lpv:speaker	lp:Jean-Louis Bourlanges2
lpv:spokenAs	member; AFCO (2002-09-02--2004-07-19)3 chair; Delegation to the EU-Poland Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-06--2004-04-30)3 member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (2002-02-06--2004-04-30)3 substitute; ECON (2002-08-29--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Union pour la démocratie française (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2002-03-08--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I should simply like to express my concern at the resounding vote given by this House in favour of Turkey’s progress towards accession. Turkey is a great and respectable country, but it is not a European one. Turkey’s accession would initiate a process that would, little by little, gradually lead to an overall dilution of the EU as a whole. It would deprive the EU of a genuine ability to make decisions and take action in the future. I appreciate that the House has voted in this way as part of the Helsinki decision taken by the Heads of State or Government in 1999. This was, however, a rash decision that was taken without proper debate or consultation and we are now reaping its disastrous consequences. I am also astonished – and I will finish on this point – to see some people today opposing the follow-up of the process, even though yesterday, they approved the initiative – involving Mr Chirac and Mr Jospin with particular regard to my own country – which was at the root of the Helsinki decision in 1999."@en1

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