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"en.20040421.8.3-225"2
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"Mr President, the draft plan for the reunification of Cyprus supported by the Commission, and just approved by the European Parliament, simply cannot be right for us.
In order to make absolutely sure that agreement was reached, Turkey was granted concessions which are difficult to swallow. Although it is illegally occupying the north of the island and it has been criticised by everyone at the international level – this has to be stated before it becomes completely forgotten – it has been granted the right to sustain a regime controlled by the armed forces, with 100 000 settlers established in northern Cyprus and all kinds of restrictions on freedom of movement between the two parts, not to mention persisting obstacles to religious freedom.
In these circumstances, the plan seems to have just a single objective: to sweep under the carpet, even at the cost of the very worst of concessions, even to the detriment of the Greek Cypriots, a problem which was threatening to be an obstacle to Turkey’s accession to the European Union. Those who voted today for the resolution supporting this plan have therefore simply acted as supporters for Turkey’s entry."@en1
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