Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2010-09-20-Speech-1-112"

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dcterms:Date	"2010-09-20"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Trade and economic relations with Turkey (debate)2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20100920.19.1-112"2
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lpv:speaker	lp:Francesca Balzani2
lpv:spokenAs	member; S&D (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; BUDG (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; CONT (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; Special committee on the policy challenges and budgetary resources for a sustainable European Union after 2013 (2010-06-17--2011-06-30)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Partito Democratico (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with India (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; INTA (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the European Union and Turkey have strong trade links. The customs union has made it possible for the volume of trade between the European Union and Turkey to reach the significant figure of EUR 100 billion per year. Above all, the geopolitical position of Turkey makes it an important link between the Mediterranean area, the Middle East, Asia, and the Caucasus and Black Sea regions. Turkey is also a country which is at odds with Europe in that it has completely different demographic dynamics, is a young country, and one which first tackled the crisis and the challenging reforms which these dynamics required. So it is a complementary country because it is different to the European Union from many points of view and therefore there is a great degree of reciprocal potential: it is this that we must concentrate on. We must be careful not to waste this potential, but turn it into fruitful investments. It is true that the European Union is an important trading partner, but Turkey is looking ever more to Russia, Africa and the Middle East. Also, the customs union still does not apply to public procurement or services and there are still major obstacles to international trade. We must therefore work to remove the obstacles to this potential – and I believe the report that we are discussing today, and upon which we will vote in the next few days, is moving in this direction – because there are areas in which we must really make this potential grow: energy, the environment, services networks and infrastructure. This report therefore represents an important step and I think the work of Mr Kazak should be supported and I would like to thank him for it."@en1
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