Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-12-15-Speech-3-024"

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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	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20041215.2.3-024"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-12-15-Speech-3-0252
lpv:speaker	lp:Paul Marie Coûteaux2
lpv:spokenAs	member; AFET (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; IND/DEM (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (including Libya) (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Mouvement pour la France (2004-07-20--2005-10-04)3 substitute; DEVE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	". Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the next Council summit will focus on Turkey, and I shall do the same in my speech, even though the French sovereignists, as I noted the day before yesterday, have already made known the reasons for their opposition. This time I would like to look at the issue from a different angle, and to warn the Council against the decision it is going to take. It is my belief that this decision will have extremely serious consequences, not merely as a result of Turkey’s entry, but also in terms of the European Union’s image amongst the peoples of Europe. Firstly, the public is less and less sure of what we regard as our borders. If Turkey were allowed to join, the borders would be blurred, and the door would be open to a large number of Turkish-speaking countries, including the countries of the Caucasus such as Georgia. In short, we are currently slipping into a kind of world state, the foundation for which is merely a hazy catalogue of good intentions labelled ‘human rights’. This development is incomprehensible to many Europeans, all the more so because – and this is my second point – we are at the same time turning our back on what Europeans see as the essence of Europe, and what has been loosely, and perhaps clumsily, described as its Christian roots. In spite of everything, there is a very well-defined idea of the way of life and civilisations of which Europe is made up. We are moving ever further away from these, and we no doubt do not realise the extent to which we are insulting and shocking citizens, trapped as we are in the hustle and bustle of the globalised elite. My third point is that the first consequences will not be long in coming. The forthcoming referendum has meant that the French people are beginning to see the link between Turkey and the Constitution, and they will vote accordingly. I would therefore like to remind the Council of their responsibility for the outcome of the decisions they take next Friday."@en1

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