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Addition, as last paragraph to the oral explanation of vote already made by Ms Kratsa after the votes of the 06/07/05:
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We New Democracy MEPs voted against paragraph 4, which commends the Turkish Government on recent legal changes which make honour killings punishable by lifelong imprisonment and allow for the punishment of accomplices and accessories to honour killings. This paragraph does not reflect the situation on the ground because, unfortunately, honour killings are still not expressly provided for in the new criminal code, while lifelong imprisonment may be reduced to 12 to 24 years (Article 29 of the criminal code).
Our objective is to encourage Turkey to develop its legislation and attitudes in accordance with the
and to point out the omissions which exist today and the obligations created on the path towards democracy.
We await new legislative arrangements and political practices from Turkey to protect women's rights and wipe out all forms of discrimination at legislative, social, political and economic level."@en1
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"Rodi Īratsa-Ī¤sagaropoulou (PPE-DE ),"1
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