Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-09-26-Speech-2-235"

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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.20060926.24.2-235"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-09-26-Speech-2-2362
lpv:speaker	lp:Panagiotis Beglitis2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; DROI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; SEDE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Panellinio Socialistiko Kinima (2004-07-20--2007-09-25)3 member; AFET (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-22--2007-09-25)3 member; PES (2004-07-20--2007-09-25)3 substitute; INTA (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Israel (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2007-09-25)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, it would be a serious mistake in Euro-Turkish relations for us either to play down the significant progress which has been achieved by exaggerating the bad things about Turkey or to paint an idyllic picture by concealing the truth. There are forces in Europe following one opinion or the other for reasons of their own. However, with post-enlargement fatigue and the institutional crisis in the European Union, we do not need to add contradictory messages to Turkey. It is time for our message to be clear and in keeping with the decisions adopted. We need to welcome the ninth reform package adopted by the Turkish Government as a positive element. However, if we look at it in essence, it does not meet European specifications. In fact, the statement by the deputy prime minister of the Turkish government, Mr Mehmet Ali Sahin, in the Turkish Daily News, that his government does not intend to allow the Halki Seminary to reopen is a cause of anxiety and concern. The demands of the Ecumenical Patriarch in Istanbul and the demands of the Greek minority in Imbros and Tenedos remain unresolved, I fear. As Commissioner Rehn said earlier, the principle of international law must be respected. This of course applies to Turkey, but it also applies to the European Union. We need to remain constant in our support for Turkey's strategic objective of accession to the European Union. At the same time, however, Turkey should immediately ratify and apply the Additional Protocol by the deadline in question. The road to Europe may guarantee the stability and development of Turkey. However, Turkey will need to overcome past phobias and syndromes. The syndrome of the Treaty of Sèvres. That is why I believe that reconciling with history must not be a source of insecurity and risk. It is an indicator of the democratic maturity and self-confidence of a country. The call for the traumatic history of clashes with the Armenians and the Greeks of Pontos to be acknowledged should not have a destabilising effect for the national stereotypes of Turkey. Our specific amendment does not impose new preconditions on Turkey. We are against the acknowledgement of the genocide of the Armenians and the Greeks of Pontos as a political prerequisite."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"pacta sunt servanda"1

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