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"Mr President, this afternoon part of the town of Palmyra in Syria fell to Islamic State. Palmyra is around the same distance from the border of Turkey as Strasbourg is from Frankfurt.
Should Turkey become a Member State, all the EU Member States – and especially the UK, which I represent – would all have borders with Iran, Iraq, and Syria. Let us be clear. The British Liberal Democrats, the British Labour Party, and especially the British Conservatives, who should all be ashamed of themselves, are all cheerleaders for Turkey to become a Member State of the European Union.
I urge these parties, and people over there, in their own national interest, and in the interest of all Member States, to consider that, whatever their rationalisation may have been to have this pro-Turkish policy when it was formulated, the facts on the ground have changed.
Turkey is no longer a credible candidate to be a Member State of the European Union. Further – and this is a separate point, because our security would be at risk – Turkey is a persistent and systematic violator of the human rights of its own people. If the European Convention on human rights means anything, and I have to say I think it does not, there is no way that Turkey can be a Member State. I urge Members, therefore, to support my amendment tomorrow."@en1
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