Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-05-21-Speech-3-083"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2008-05-21"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Turkey's 2007 progress report (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"hu"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20080521.4.3-083"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-05-21-Speech-3-0842
lpv:speaker	lp:István Szent-iványi2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Szabad Demokraták Szövetsége (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; BUDG (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with India (2007-03-15--2009-07-13)3 member; AFET (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 member_of_the_bureau; ALDE (2004-12-06--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, let us not put a gloss on the situation: the issue of Turkey’s accession has reached a critical stage. It is being held back both by uncertainties in Turkish domestic politics and by hesitation on the part of the European Union with regard to Turkey. In this situation it is important to reiterate that the accession process is an open-ended process, but the common goal is EU membership. We have committed ourselves to this, and so has Turkey. It is in our strategic interests that Turkey should become part of the political body of Europe in the long term. Associate membership via the Mediterranean Union can complement but not take the place of the integration process. Turkey must also do a great deal more than hitherto to strengthen democratic institutions, reinforce civilian control of the military, reform the legal system, and promote human and minority rights. We have a joint responsibility to ensure that this process is a success, because it is our failure too, and not just Turkey’s, if the negotiations run aground. Thank you."@en1

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