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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"1999-12-01"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Turkey2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.19991201.10.3-137"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:1999-12-01-Speech-3-1382
lpv:speaker	lp:Pasqualina Napoletano2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Democratici di Sinistra (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (1999-07-22--2000-09-18)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I would like to thank Mr Morillon, because the Turkey dossier, as we have seen, is not an easy dossier. We have discussed it a lot lately; today we are debating two proposals for regulations on strengthening the Customs Union and on interventions that aim to improve Turkey’s economic and social development. We are doing this on the eve of the Helsinki European Council, where Turkey’s possible application to join the European Union will be decided, and we are doing this in a context in which we have seen Mr Abdullah Öçalan’s death sentence confirmed by the Turkish Supreme Court, followed by a request for a stay of execution from the European Court of Human Rights and a declaration by the Turkish authorities, delivered by Prime Minister Ecevit, that they would prefer the legal process to be completed, including the appeal by the defence lawyers, before making the government’s position known and before putting the issue before parliament. Therefore, the matter is not closed and, once again, it falls to us to choose a strategy. I believe that Parliament has decided to invest in the democratic growth of this country. But our alternative is not a choice between, on the one hand, a position where there is a complete refusal to cooperate, as is currently the case, and on the other hand, an uncritical acceptance of events. I would remind all Members of parliamentary Amendment No 11, which lets us keep control of the way this cooperation will develop. The fact remains that, together with the wider picture, mentioned by many Members, and Mr Swoboda was the last person to do so, the fate of Mr Abdullah Öçalan is still a pressing matter that must be resolved once and for all."@en1

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