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"Mr President, representatives of the nations of Europe, ladies and gentlemen, obviously we French sovereignists will be voting against this report, but we would like to underline the fact that this debate is not really a debate at all. Essentially, as we well know, the decision was made some time ago: not in 1999 in Helsinki, not even in Europe, but in Washington, several years earlier, and it was moreover announced by President Clinton when he visited Istanbul in 1997.
This explains Mr Erdogan’s unbelievable arrogance, because he knows perfectly well that his accession is in the bag. I repeat that he is supported by the United States and the fact that he is surprised that some countries are hesitating is the epitome of arrogance. That is the case of my own country, France. He should be reminded – and the President of the French Republic is obliged to take account of this – that France is still a democracy and that it has the right to hesitate.
His arrogance is also shown by his refusal to address two issues that I will mention only by name because they have already been touched on here. Why refuse so obstinately to recognise the dreadful Armenian genocide? I have tabled a written statement on this subject, which recalls in particular that twice, in 1987 and 1990, this Parliament refused to open negotiations of any kind for as long as this genocide was not recognised. It is astonishing that this Parliament should be adopting such an illogical position and that it should be so untrue to itself. I will also mention the Cyprus issue. It is quite staggering that a country should wish to join a club of states, an assembly of states, a federation of states – whatever it is, we do not know – without recognising one of its members. It is true that this European Union is no stranger to illogical positions of this sort. The reality is that I do not know quite what we are in the process of building here; a hotchpotch maybe, but it clearly has nothing to do with Europe."@en1
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