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"en.20100921.15.2-347"2
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"We voted in favour of the motion for a resolution tabled by the Europe of Freedom and Democracy Group, even though it is unsatisfactory. It does, however, clearly maintain that deepening the existing relations between the EU and Turkey will replace and render obsolete that country’s accession to the European Union.
However, any future deepening of relations between Turkey and the EU must be strictly dependent upon Turkey’s recognition of Cyprus, the existence of which it continues to deny, and part of which it occupies illegally and militarily. Turkey, a proud country and former ally against the communist threat, is a bridge between Europe and Asia. It is a bridge, but it is not a European country in geographical, demographical, historical or cultural terms.
Finally, acknowledge that the promises made in 1963 in Ankara, at the height of the Cold War and for strategic reasons, are no longer relevant, and that we – Europeans and Turks alike – would waste less time if we were to consider a privileged partnership rather than membership, which our citizens do not want and which many Turks are also against."@en1
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