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"Mr President, Turkey’s potential membership of the European Union is polarising us. We have witnessed that again today and this will continue, this state of mind, until we, as the previous speaker said, openly admit whether or not we want Turkey in the European Union, or whether we can afford to have Turkey joining the European Union. This state of mind is also likely to continue if all Greek and Cypriot MEPs join every debate on Turkey. However, I think that the should be the basic criterion of whether or not a country is able to have, and is suitable for, admission to the European Union. Until the negotiations start, we will not be able to assess Turkey against this standard. I think it is right that we condemn the conviction of journalists and the persecution of intellectuals in Turkey, but we have to treat Turkey with a certain degree of good will as a serious and important future member of the European Union."@en1
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