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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-12-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Turkey's progress towards accession2
dcterms:Language	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20041213.10.1-070"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-12-13-Speech-1-0712
lpv:speaker	lp:José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-neyra2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Partido Popular (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; AFET (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; SEDE (2004-07-27--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-29--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America (2004-10-12--2007-03-13)3 substitute; AFCO (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with Mercosur (2004-09-21--2007-03-13)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2004-08-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community (2004-09-29--2007-03-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-16--2007-03-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I would like to begin by congratulating Mr Eurlings on his excellent work on an issue which, as this debate has demonstrated, is controversial and difficult. It has genuinely given rise to decisive support for beginning negotiations. On the other hand, some Members have expressed their fundamental opposition. I believe that this debate should be carried out calmly and on the basis of objective considerations. The Helsinki European Council made the decision that Turkey should become a candidate country. The Prodi Commission has issued a positive opinion on the beginning of negotiations, which, as Mr Rehn has told us, has been accepted by the Barroso Commission. Turkey is linked to the European Union by means of an association agreement and is part of the Customs Union. At the same time – and this should be pointed out because it is of significance in this debate – Turkey is a loyal partner of the West within the Atlantic Alliance and, in my opinion, the question we have to ask at this point, given Turkey’s strategic position, which is absolutely essential in terms of the transit of oil from the Caspian Sea and the decisive role it plays in terms of the stability of the Middle East and Central Asia, is whether we want Turkey to be linked to the European Union’s Western system of values or whether we want Turkey to move towards Islamic fundamentalism or become part of Russia’s sphere. The response to Mr Eurlings’s report is critical but constructive and I believe there are other issues on the table, which are also legitimate, such as whether European public opinion is yet prepared to accept Turkey as a member of the Union. But time and the citizens of the European Union will provide the answer to that question in good time."@en1

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