Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-12-13-Speech-1-099"

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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	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20041213.10.1-099"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-12-13-Speech-1-1002
lpv:speaker	lp:Athanasios Pafilis2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EUL/NGL (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; AFET (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 unknown; Kommounistiko Komma Elladas (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; LIBE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; SEDE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the Communist Party of Greece opposes the European Union and its enlargement and, in this sense, we do not agree with the accession of Turkey, not for ethnic, chauvinist or cultural reasons, but on the same political grounds on which we also disagreed with Greece's accession to and its remaining in the European Union. Nonetheless, we wish to raise certain very serious issues about both the policy of the European Union and about the Eurlings report. The Council texts to date, like the aforementioned report, fail to mention or hush up both the Turkish invasion of Cyprus and the occupation of part of an independent Member State of the UN, which is now also a Member State of the European Union. The Turkish Government also provokingly refuses to recognise the Republic of Cyprus and to withdraw its recognition of the pseudo-state. We ask you, if this were happening in France, Britain, Italy or Germany, would you open negotiations with such a state? Whatever happened to equality between the Member States of the European Union? Secondly, Turkish governments have raised new issues of border differences with Greece which have been clearly resolved under international treaties, and the only problem which remains to be resolved is the demarcation of the continental shelf in the Aegean. The European Union legalised these claims during the course of discussions, with the decision taken at Helsinki. Turkey's aggressiveness in the Aegean is becoming bolder by the day, with dozens of airspace violations. Thirdly, the report refers to very important progress with democratisation; Mr Eurlings was obviously misled when he went to Turkey and is no longer listening to us. Perhaps Mr Eurlings visited some other country rather than Turkey? There have been limited rather than material changes ..."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(The President cut off the speaker)"1

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