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Mr President, the vote on this report puts an end to a few months of exhaustive proceedings. With the vote, as this House has voted on the amendments, the text of the report is coming very close to the original text which I as rapporteur proposed to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. The report is strict, yet fair: fair because we in this House have expressed our seriousness and commitment, but fair also because we, in turn, demand from Turkey that it should show commitment, both in terms of the implementation of the Ankara Protocol before the end of this year and of carrying out political reforms in the area of the freedom of expression of opinion and freedom of religion by the end of 2007.
Nor let there be no mistake about the text with regard to the Armenian genocide. Although it is, strictly speaking, not a formal condition, we think it unavoidable for a country on the path to Europe to come to terms with its past. I therefore hope that Turkey will interpret this paragraph 50 as an extra incentive, together with its neighbour Armenia, to face up to the facts.
Mr President, I come to the conclusion that the report is fair but tough. The European Parliament is fulfilling its responsibility for safeguarding European values and the accession criteria with this report. I therefore ask all Members to support the report as broadly as possible. I hope that Turkey will see it as an incentive to speed up its reforms."@en1
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