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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I hope that Parliament will adopt the Eurlings report on Turkey in the version approved by the Committee on Foreign Affairs and I also hope it will do so by secret ballot. I believe that my fellow Members are wrong in thinking that a secret ballot may favour a shift away from that position; on the contrary, I expect that Members in this Chamber will demonstrate that they are not subject to any pressures when freely carrying out their mandate.
As regards the remainder of the foreign reports, I agree with much of what Mr Nicolaï said and I should like to express our agreement on all the measures that bring forward constitutional reforms. In the High Representative’s actions in Ukraine we have glimpsed a sign that the initiative in that direction is being strengthened. The initiative should, however, be supported by more substantial instruments, which are foreseen in the Constitution but which might perhaps be brought forward.
With regard to the neighbourhood policy, we encourage the Commission and the Council in their work. We point out the danger, however, that the measures to create a free-trade area may take precedence over the other policies. I would stress that we do not just want to create a free-trade area, and so we should be careful not to weaken the policy’s regional and subregional dimension.
As regards human rights and democracy, I recommend that we negotiate a proper convention with our neighbouring countries. Such a convention should at last spell out the shared values that we so often refer to and define them carefully in formal terms, particularly for the sake of the Mediterranean countries. The convention should make those values known to the people whom they concern and it should set up joint institutions that can guarantee them.
Regarding the Middle East, we must ensure that the presidential elections in Palestine give the road map a new boost and that the Israeli Government’s unilateral decisions, such as the withdrawal from Gaza, are included in the negotiations with the Quartet, so that the creation of the Palestinian state can be completed within the established time frame. To that end, this issue will have to be placed at the heart of the relationship between the European Union and the United States.
On the subject of Iraq, we consider that the hoped-for turnaround has failed to materialise even after the Sharm el-Sheikh conference and that the aim of holding elections may well be jeopardised by the violent situation in the country.
Finally, I call on the Council and the Commission to devote attention also to the situation in Cambodia, where there is a humanitarian emergency concerning children."@en1
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