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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-03-10"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Enlargement / Candidate countries (continuation)2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20040310.4.3-126"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-03-10-Speech-3-1272
lpv:speaker	lp:Jacques F. Poos2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Parti ouvrier socialiste luxembourgeois (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Quaestors (2002-01-16--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 quaestor; Parliament's Bureau (2002-01-16--2004-07-19)3 quaestor; European Parliament (2002-01-16--2004-07-19)3 member_of_the_bureau; PES (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; AFCO (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I am glad to be able to say, in my capacity as rapporteur on Cyprus, that the Commission’s follow-up report confirms that the country has, to a large extent, aligned itself with the in most areas. Satisfying though this is, it is overshadowed by the fact that, at the present time, the application of the is still in abeyance in the occupied sector of the island and that talks between the communities seem at present to have become deadlocked. The fundamental cause underlying this deadlock is the fact that the principal negotiator for the Turkish part of Cyprus, Mr Denktash, is as yet unwilling to concede, or unable to grasp, despite the Annan plan, that Cyprus is an independent and indivisible country. It can join the European Union only subject to the condition that it should adopt a constitution conferring upon it a single international personality and functioning federal institutions. As is, unfortunately, confirmed by his recent statements rejecting the Annan plan, Mr Denktash’s strategy cannot be intended to do other than lead to a breakdown of bilateral negotiations. It is fortunate that the UN plan includes two compensatory mechanisms. The first is the plan for Greece and Turkey to intervene in the bilateral negotiations on 22 March. This will give Turkey the opportunity to remove what is, according to the Commission, a serious obstacle to its own prospective accession, namely the absence of a solution to the Cyprus problem. The referendum on 22 April could provide a second safety net in that, if the majority of Turkish Cypriots vote in favour of the Annan plan and of accession, the ghosts of the past can be banished to the archives of history. The days ahead will be crucial to Cyprus’ future. The European Parliament agrees with Commissioner Verheugen, and can do no other than hope that the people of Cyprus, both Greek and Turkish, will seize this historic opportunity."@en1

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