Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-12-13-Speech-1-086"

Predicate	Value (sorted: default)
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	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20041213.10.1-086"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-12-13-Speech-1-0872
lpv:speaker	lp:Jim Allister2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, is this the European Union or do some have expansionist ambitions beyond the boundaries of Europe? That is a key and defining question which arises from Turkey's application for EU membership. Turkey is not part of Europe, it is part of Asia: only a finger of land flanking Istanbul lies in Europe. That does not make it a European nation. You might as well say that Spain is African because it has some outposts on the North African coast. It is a shameless agenda of expansionism which drives the EU in wanting to encompass Turkey. Turkey itself has a shameful history of expansionism. Witness its brutal invasion and occupation of Northern Cyprus. Witness its genocide of the Armenian people. Witness also, despite the massive inducements of pre-accession aid from Brussels, its intolerant suppression of religious freedom, in particular with regard to Christians. No – Turkey is one country and culture that we can well do without."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; PECH (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; INTA (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; NA (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; AFCO (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Democratic Unionist Party (Northern Ireland) (2004-07-20--2007-03-27)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Allister (NI )."1

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