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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-04-22"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Outcome of the trial against Leyla Zana and others in Ankara2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20040422.1.4-011"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-04-22-Speech-4-0122
lpv:speaker	lp:Luigi Vinci2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Partito della rifondazione comunista (1999-07-20--2004-04-28)3 member_of_the_bureau; EUL/NGL (1999-10-13--2004-07-19)3 member; Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (2002-02-06--2004-07-19)3 substitute; AGRI (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, yesterday morning I was in Ankara at the hearing during which the 15-year sentence of Leyla Zana and three other ex-DEP MPs was confirmed. Among the many serious aspects of this trial that have already been mentioned by fellow Members and the Commission representative, whom I thank, what matters is the very fact that the 1994 sentence has been confirmed. The Strasbourg Court condemned the 1994 trial because it was illegal in many respects and called for a new trial to take place. The sentence is not based on the proceedings of this trial, but explicit reference is made to the 1994 sentence. The behaviour of the State Security Court in Ankara not only affronted the European Union but also the Strasbourg Court. I attended all of the trial hearings: the right to defence was breached in a most blatant manner; more specifically – and to keep it short – the defence was denied any possibility of objectively replying to claims made by the prosecution witnesses. By the way it acted throughout the 14 hearings, the Court was only concerned with protecting the 1994 sentence. I will not add any more general comments since I agree with what has been said by those Members who spoke before me. In October, the European Commission will put forward its proposal on whether or not to open, and if so when, the negotiations for Turkey’s accession to the European Union. Having also listened to the Commissioner, I believe that the European Commission’s assessment will be a conscientious one. Having heard my fellow Members, I also believe that the future Parliament will conscientiously assess the advisability or otherwise of opening negotiations for Turkey’s accession to the European Union or whether to open them immediately. At the moment, frankly, the conditions for opening negotiations do not exist."@en1

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