Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-12-13-Speech-1-133"

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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	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20041213.10.1-133"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-12-13-Speech-1-1342
lpv:speaker	lp:Baroness Sarah Ludford2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, to balance the focus on problems and challenges of Turkish membership, can I just welcome the prospect of Turkey's vibrant and generous culture enriching the European Union, as it already does in North London where I live, not least through the presence of Turkish and Kurdish people as well as the excellent food. I also regard Turkey's Muslim identity – a secular Muslim identity – as a positive contribution to a harmonious development of the EU as a multicultural society. But I would just like to stress the paragraph of Mr Eurling's report that invites the Turkish Government to take more active steps to bring about reconciliation with those Kurdish forces who have chosen to abandon the use of arms. I hope that as part of the accession process Turkey will be persuaded to seek a political solution to the desire of the Kurdish people to express their identity, perhaps through some kind of political devolution. The PKK's 1999 ceasefire is under strain, and only political negotiations can ensure permanent peace."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with the countries of south-east Europe (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; LIBE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Liberal Democrat Party (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; ECON (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 member; ALDE (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Ludford (ALDE )."1

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