Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-09-26-Speech-2-224"

Predicate	Value (sorted: default)
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	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060926.24.2-224"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-09-26-Speech-2-2252
lpv:speaker	lp:Gerard Batten2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, why on earth does Turkey want to join the European Union in the first place? Perhaps it wants to join the mass ranks of the parasite nations that already live off the backs of the British and German taxpayers. Perhaps it sees an opportunity to export some of its unemployed and criminals to Britain. But the Turks should think about the impact on their own society. Only yesterday, the Turkish Army Chief of Staff, General İlker Başbuğ, warned of the dangers posed by Islamist extremists politicising religion, and pledged that the Turkish army would protect the secular nature of the Turkish Republic. But in the past the Turks have not had to contend with the European Union. They may find that their Islamist extremists are able to exploit the EU’s non-discrimination, equality and human rights legislation to their advantage. Perhaps the Turks will have to learn the hard way that membership of the European Union means losing control of your own destiny."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; SEDE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; AFET (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; IND/DEM (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Temporary Committee on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transport and illegal detention of prisoners (2006-01-19--2007-02-14)3 unknown; UK Independence Party (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Gerard Batten (IND/DEM ). –"1

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