Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-09-26-Speech-2-218"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-09-26"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Turkey's progress towards accession (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060926.24.2-218"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-09-26-Speech-2-2192
lpv:speaker	lp:Giorgos Dimitrakopoulos2
lpv:spokenAs	member; SEDE (2006-03-13--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Nea Dimokratia (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; LIBE (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 member; DROI (2004-09-13--2007-01-14)3 vice-chair; Temporary Committee on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transport and illegal detention of prisoners (2006-01-26--2007-02-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; AFET (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2006-02-06--2007-02-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, may I start by congratulating Mr Eurlings on his excellent work and on his report. I shall, of course, take this opportunity to repeat that we are in favour of Turkey's European prospects. In essence, the Eurlings report is not only a warning, a message to Turkey about the steps it must take and the obligations it must honour in order to continue on its path towards Europe. It is also, at the same time, confirmation of the principles upon which the European Union was built, principles from which we have an obligation not to deviate because, when Mr Eurlings speaks of respect for human rights and for minority rights, he is reiterating a European principle. The same applies when he speaks of institutional reforms, the same applies when he speaks of a peaceful resolution to differences and the same applies when he calls for the signature of the Ankara protocol to be honoured and for this protocol to be applied immediately. Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, as you know, every country, every nation that forgets or does not come to terms with its history, will at some point have problems. Thus, paragraph 50 referring to the tragic history of the Armenians, the Greeks of Pontos and the Assyrians, does precisely that. It calls on Turkey to do so. This paragraph is the outcome of broad agreement and must remain as it stands. Consequently, it must not be changed in one direction or another with amendments that have been tabled. Finally, I wish to remind all those who consider the report to be excessively strict, that there are in Turkey democratic citizens who want a modern Turkey, a developed and progressive Turkey which looks towards Europe and who are fighting for that against the well-known establishment. They need a message which we shall give them by voting for the Eurlings report."@en1

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