Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-02-19-Speech-2-179"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2008-02-19"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Debate on the future of Europe (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20080219.28.2-179"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-02-19-Speech-2-1802
lpv:speaker	lp:Philip Claeys2
lpv:spokenAs	member; AFET (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Vlaams Belang (2004-11-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; TRAN (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2007-03-15--2009-07-13)3 member; SEDE (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula (2007-03-15--2009-07-13)3 member; NA (2007-11-14--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Prime Minister, it is a bit odd to be debating the future of Europe here without considering the question of the European Union's borders. Yet this is one of the most fundamental issues we face. Time and time again we duck the issue, and public opinion is rightly worried. People are wondering if the European Union is still a European project. It won't be any longer if Turkey joins. If the European Union obstinately refuses to listen to the will of the people, its democratic base will slowly but surely disappear. Prime Minister, you warn of the danger in maybe building a wall against Turkey. But that is not the point. No one in Europe is going to be fobbed off with fine words. The Copenhagen criteria have to be met, by Turkey too, but very clearly they are not. So it is time the negotiations were suspended. It is quite simply a matter of sticking to what was agreed."@en1

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