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"Mr President, Mr President-in-Office of the Council, the Council is discussing the accessions of Croatia, Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey. I should like to encourage you, when dealing with Croatia, to take a tough stance where cooperation with the International Criminal Court is concerned, because without that cooperation, it is irresponsible to make a serious start with Croatia. Persevere! With regard to Romania, can you guarantee that we keep the requirements for that country strict? That is to say: no accession as long as Romania does not meet the criteria in the areas of human rights and corruption, among others, even if that means that Romania joins the EU after Bulgaria.
I will now turn to Turkey. Would I be quoting the President-in-Office of the Council, Mr Balkenende, correctly if I said: no second-class status, such as a privileged partnership, and no end date? Is that still your position now? Are you also prepared to say: no membership at the end of the negotiations if the human rights violations persist? Will you apply zero tolerance? Incidentally, with regard to the secret ballot which we are threatening to hold today about Turkey, I am left with a feeling that this would be to deceive the public. I hope we will not need to resort to that.
Over the past few months, you have held a debate about standards and values. Should you not have made this concrete by applying it, for example, to an issue such as Romania or Turkey, in the spirit of the French philosopher who said:
? Why not?
Otherwise, it will remain a little theoretical. Does the arms embargo against China not fit perfectly in the framework of the debate about standards and values? This is not about Islam or Christianity, but about the communality of rule of law and democracy, and in this great diversity, it is about the values we have enshrined in our new Constitution. I hope that that will remain the common denominator in the debate.
I have said to you before that my impression so far of the Dutch Presidency is that its ambitions and goals are not as clear as they need to be. My question is whether that is a sign of insecurity or internal political contradictions within the Dutch Government, or are we still waiting for the big revelation? In that respect, the Council has quietly saddled us with very thorny issues on a few occasions. I will for a moment forget this meeting place, Strasbourg, but I would refer to the inefficient Treaty of Nice and the agreements surrounding agricultural spending which were too expensive and produced too little change.
Your ambitions concerning Lisbon, Kyoto in Europe and the world are wonderful and we support you in them, but the financial resources you are setting aside for them are pitiful. This contradiction will, of course, not escape the public. Terrorism is once again the subject of lively debates at very high level. Only last week, all European chiefs of police were gathered here, telling us that, due to diverse national practices, the factual exchange of information is still not getting off the ground as it should. There is still no person in charge at the heart of Europol, terrorists are still slipping through the net of the law and there is no harmonisation in the area of criminal investigation. The question remains: is Gijs de Vries to keep coasting along, or will you allow him to do his job properly?
Finally, I wish you much success with your position on Turkey. The line I would take would be: no second-class status and no alternatives; we are ready for real negotiations. I hope that with this, together with Mr Balkenende, you will provide Mr Poettering’s group with an adequate response."@en1
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"cherchez la vérité dans la situation"1
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