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"Mr President, in December 1999, the European Council in Helsinki sent a clear message to Turkey in its decision on Turkey's actual rather than notional candidacy and by creating a clear framework of terms, preconditions and criteria which Turkey had to implement. This unanimous EU policy has made a decisive contribution over the last five years to important reforms in Turkey. It would be a mistake for us to disparage the progress achieved, just as it would be a mistake for us to create an idyllic picture because, although it is commonly accepted that there has been an improvement in the human rights and minority rights situation, that an important amount of legislation has been passed, that the situation is not the same as in the past, as Leila Zanna also confirmed to us in the European Parliament, there is still a serious deficit in the implementation of European principles and the
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However, as in 1999, the present motion which the European Parliament is being called on to adopt and the decision which the European Council will take must also contain a clear message: a message concerning the opening of accession negotiations in accordance with the decisions taken by the European Council in 2005, with the final objective of accession to the ΕU if Turkey completes the negotiations successfully.
However, this message should not be seen as
. On the contrary, it must include a clear European agenda and a roadmap with a specific timetable for the implementation of Turkey's obligations. We must not, under any circumstances, give the impression that Turkey can negotiate '
' and have its own agenda. Within this framework, what is of decisive importance is Turkey's obligation to respect minority rights, the rights of the Greek minorities in Istanbul, Imvros and Tenedos, to respect the ecumenical character of the Patriarchate, to re-open the Halki seminary immediately, to respect international law, to help resolve operational problems on the basis of a specific timetable, with referral to the International Court of Justice in the Hague and, finally, to proceed with the international recognition of the Republic of Cyprus and the gradual withdrawal of the occupying army.
In particular, as far as the question of the diplomatic recognition of Cyprus is concerned, I should like to hear the opinion of the Dutch Presidency and of Mr Nicolaï as to what the position of the Dutch Presidency is in the run-up to the European Council.
Our decisions need to make clear that it is the European Union which lays down the framework, not the candidate, not Turkey. Turkey needs to overcome its fears and reconcile itself with its historic past, even with the negative aspects, which it needs to have the courage to acknowledge. In return, however, certain political forces in Europe should not cultivate fears for internal reasons or fabricate catastrophic scenarios.
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