Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-12-13-Speech-1-137"

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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	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20041213.10.1-137"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-12-13-Speech-1-1382
lpv:speaker	lp:Christine De Veyrac2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation for relations with Israel (2004-12-01--2007-03-13)3,3 unknown; Union pour un Mouvement Populaire (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3,3 substitute; LIBE (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3,3 member; Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3,3 member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3,3 member; TRAN (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, next Friday the Council will make a decision that will affect the future of the European Union – on opening accession negotiations with Turkey. It must be said that every time accession negotiations have been opened they have ended in accession. Furthermore, ladies and gentlemen, I urge you to ensure that the amendment that we have tabled, calling for a privileged partnership with Turkey, is taken on board. The fact is, as I said in this House in November 2002, that there are no grounds for Turkey joining the EU. Firstly, the Treaties say that the EU is open to European countries; 95% of Turkey’s territory, of which the capital is Ankara, is located in Asia. Secondly, the more we enlarge the Union, the more we will dilute it, the further we will move away from political Europe and the less able we will be to pursue common policies. Thirdly, if Turkey were to join the EU in 2015, it would be the most populous country with 80 million inhabitants, which would give it the highest number of Members of this Parliament and significant weight in the Council. Lastly, if we accept Turkey into the Union, what argument would we be able to put forward against other applicant countries knocking on our door at some future date, such as Ukraine, Morocco and Algeria? For all of these reasons – and not to mention the fact that the Copenhagen criteria have not been complied with, the Armenian genocide has not been recognised and, indeed, an EU Member State is not recognised – a decision must be taken on Friday that goes beyond the accession or exclusion debate. The solution, I repeat, is privileged partnership. Let me state clearly that this is not an anti-Turkish position; it is a pro-European position."@en1

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