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"Mr President, Commissioner Rehn speaking to the Committee on Foreign Affairs said, inter alia, that the momentum on reforms has been lost, the Penal Code punishing the expression of opinion remains in place, there are reports of interference by the military in the judiciary, there are restrictions on the property rights of non-Muslim religious foundations and the human rights record in south-eastern Turkey has deteriorated. That is the essence of the matter and of the Eurlings report.
Some Groups wish to table amendments to redress the situation. How? By introducing a dozen amendments against Cyprus, in the view that this is the way to redress the balance. Are we helping Turkey if we encourage it not to extend the Protocol by introducing conditional linkages? Are we helping Turkey if we delete the paragraph asking for the withdrawal of Turkish troops? Can you imagine what would happen if Turkey voluntarily withdrew some troops from Cyprus and how much it would be in Turkey’s favour? Or what would happen if we were to delete the paragraph asking Turkey not to veto the participation of Cyprus in international organisations and so forth? Furthermore, we are restricting the two leaders in Cyprus, who have already agreed on working methods in the search of a solution, by indicating to them the basis of talks which neither of them has raised as a precondition. Does that help Turkey? I do not think so.
Finally, as regards our moral duty towards the Armenian community in Europe, we must demand recognition of the Armenian genocide."@en1
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