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"I think that this emphasis on the political criteria is necessary, because not everyone in Turkey realises that the reforms will need to be carried out consistently if the country really wants to qualify for membership of the European Union. I think that these further reforms will determine whether or not Turkey will be able to do this.
I have another brief remark to make. If we discuss political criteria, then I would like to say that if I compare Turkey to, for example, Romania, and I consider the poor treatment in prisons, the physical attacks on investigative journalists and corruption, I take the view that the Council should send out a message, and maximum pressure should be brought to bear in order to solve such matters. In my view, those practices are not in line with the political criteria which we uphold.
My final remark concerns terrorism. I am glad that the President-in-Office of the Council has made this a key issue. I am also glad that the Netherlands – in the spirit of practising what you preach – will now finally start banning organisations that are on the European list of terrorists. I should like to ask the presidency to convey to the other Member States that we should stand united in this. Consequently, to name but one concrete example, ETA should be banned in all countries, and not only in Spain and France. Can the presidency guarantee now that with the exchange of information agreement, it will no longer be possible for one country to hold information about attacks in another country, without this information being automatically exchanged?"@en1
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