Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-12-15-Speech-3-019"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-12-15"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Preparation of the European Council (17 December 2004)2
dcterms:Language	"de"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20041215.2.3-019"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-12-15-Speech-3-0202
lpv:speaker	lp:Feleknas Uca2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation for relations with Iran (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 unknown; Partei des Demokratischen Sozialismus (2004-07-20--2006-10-04)3 substitute; DROI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; EUL/NGL (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; FEMM (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; DEVE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	". Mr President, on 17 December a decision is to be taken on whether accession negotiations with Turkey should be opened. Accession to the EU represents a major opportunity for Turkey, as there is still a need for the values it represents, such as the rule of law, democracy and human rights, to gain acceptance there. There is therefore an urgent need for the negotiations to be conducted transparently, and for the democratic changes necessary in Turkey to be spelled out. This is particularly true in the case of the violent clashes in the Kurdish regions, and I would call on the Kurds and the Turkish armed forces to reach a ceasefire and to seek a political solution. I am extremely concerned at the increase in human rights violations and homicides, for example the case of the 12-year-old Urud and his father, as well as the new proceedings which have been initiated with the aim of banning the Union of Education and Science Workers. If there are to be accession negotiations, it would be up to Turkey to demonstrate, by means of a genuine implementation of its reform plans, that all Turkish citizens, regardless of their origin, are accorded the same rights, that there is equality of the sexes and that certain religions are no longer discriminated against in favour of others. It is crucial for the Ankara Government not only to adopt laws in order to meet the Copenhagen criteria, but also to implement them in practice. The 20 million Kurds in Turkey hope that, when accession negotiations are opened, their rights, too, will be secured, that they will be able to express their identity freely, that they will be acknowledged and that it will become possible for them to return to their villages. It is necessary for the village guard system to be abolished and for the 10% clause for elections to be reduced. Last weekend thousands of people demonstrated in Diyarbakir for the opening of accession negotiations. As a German MEP of Kurdish origin, I should like to join my group in calling for accession negotiations with Turkey to be opened, and we call on all Heads of Government to make known, on 17 December, their support for the opening of accession negotiations. The European Union should not fear Ankara, and Ankara should not fear Diyarbakir. Turkey can act as a bridge between the EU and Islamic countries."@en1

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