Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2012-03-28-Speech-3-149-000"
Predicate | Value (sorted: default) |
---|---|
rdf:type | |
dcterms:Date | |
dcterms:Is Part Of | |
dcterms:Language | |
lpv:document identification number |
"en.20120328.18.3-149-000"2
|
lpv:hasSubsequent | |
lpv:speaker | |
lpv:spokenAs | |
lpv:translated text |
"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, it has to be said that we gather in this Chamber time and again to debate the accession of Turkey to the European Union. I have to say though that every year, little progress has been made, and indeed there has often been regression compared to the previous year.
I wonder, after what the Turkish Foreign Minister said about the Cypriot Presidency, if this is not enough for the European Commission, the European Parliament and also for the European Council to decide that it may be time to give up trying to bring Turkey into Europe. It is evident that we have completely different interests and it is clear that perhaps we need to take a different route with this country which is no doubt strategic for Europe and with whom we can no doubt enjoy good trade relations. However, EU membership would surely also lead to imbalances in our very foundations and in our core values.
I therefore call upon the Commission to reconsider this accession policy, because we are funding this pre-accession policy, but we are certainly not shelling out for the invasion of Cyprus nor, for that matter, for the imprisonment of journalists."@en1
|
lpv:videoURI |
Named graphs describing this resource:
The resource appears as object in 2 triples