Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-04-21-Speech-3-230"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-04-21"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Vote (continuation)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20040421.8.3-230"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-04-21-Speech-3-2312
lpv:speaker	lp:Erik Meijer2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Socialistische Partij (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member_of_the_bureau; EUL/NGL (1999-10-13--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Czech Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	". For forty years, the Greek Cypriots have insisted on their island's reunification. To the Turkish Cypriot minority in the North, that was unacceptable, because they feared becoming a disadvantaged minority in their own country. Meanwhile, a majority of the Turkish-speaking Cypriots are probably in favour of reunification and reconciliation on the basis of the UN Secretary-General's plan. In it, a Belgian model of state is being proposed, a federation of two monolingual federal states. It now looks like a majority of the Greek-speaking population will be voting against on 24 April because it wants more rights for itself and fewer for the Turkish-speaking minority. It wants to enforce the unilateral pre-condition that Cyprus become a Greek-speaking unified state, in which individual Turks are allowed to live. At this rate, agreement will never be reached between the two nations and the barbed-wire border separation will remain in place for ever. Along with most of the groups, Commissioner Verheugen now feels cheated, and rightly so. I warned against this as long ago as 5 September 2001 when we discussed the Poos report on Cyprus' accession to the EU. By only admitting the Greek-speaking part to the EU initially, the Turks could be forced to choose between poverty outside the EU or submission within the EU Member State Cyprus. After the failed referendum, we will have to look for another way of admitting the Turkish-speaking part to the EU, if it so wishes."@en1

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