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This report assesses Turkey’s progress towards its potential accession to the European Union.
The rapporteur has made a realistic interpretation of the doubts that have been building up in various Member States as regards Turkey’s accession to the European Union, by advocating a realistic policy which, in his view, the Union must adopt towards that country. We must not promote the idea that, as a result of the measures that have already been adopted, Turkey is already close to accession. Instead, we should work closely with the current Turkish Government to ensure that it fully meets the Copenhagen political criteria.
In fact, the Council has, perhaps over-hastily, given Turkey recognition as a candidate for accession and, as the rapporteur states, ‘in this recognition the quality of Turkey as a democratic and constitutional state did not play a dominant role’.
I support the position adopted by Mr Queiró, which he expressed in plenary, on the need for the Council and the Commission to make a clear and precise assessment of the consequences of Turkey’s accession. It is not enough to know whether Turkey is ready to join the Union. The important question is whether the Union is prepared for this eventuality and reason dictates that we must ask this question.
I voted in favour."@en1
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