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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-10-27"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Preparation of the European Council (Brussels, 4 and 5 November 2004)2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20041027.3.3-019"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-10-27-Speech-3-0202
lpv:speaker	lp:Véronique De Keyser2
lpv:spokenAs	member; AFET (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; DROI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; IMCO (2004-07-21--2006-11-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 substitute; FEMM (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Parti Socialiste (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I shall concentrate on the problems of enlargement and on the important date for opening accession negotiations with Turkey. I should like firstly to congratulate Commissioner Verheugen for the extraordinary report on Turkey with which he has provided us. I believe it alludes to everything: arguments in favour of this accession and factors that only reinforce the fears we might have. The discussion we began to have in the Committee on Foreign Affairs yesterday evening has enabled us to distinguish two ‘clans’. The first is already beginning to draw up a formal list of everything Turkey should do before the accession negotiations are even entered into. As we are very aware, it is human rights that are at issue, as well as Cyprus and the situation of the Kurds. These are all matters that must be dealt with but that can be so over a very long period in the course of the accession negotiations. Others, like my own group, are, however, of the view that, at the geopolitical and geostrategic levels, Turkey constitutes an opportunity for Europe. We must examine the conditions of this accession very seriously. We must not already say ‘yes’ or ‘no’, but begin to work in an entirely even-handed way, that is to say in the same way that we have worked with the other countries. I should like, however, to express surprise, Mr Verheugen, that the report does not contain more scenarios or perspectives regarding the repercussions that Turkey’s accession might have for our social model. Shall we be able, for example, to continue with the current policy of social cohesion and with the Structural Funds, both of which are indispensable to European cohesion? Would not this social model be damaged by enlargements that did not take account of it? The report contains only very vague ideas about the adjustments Europe would have to make following a future accession, and these seem to me to be quite inadequate. The issue of Turkey’s accession is, above all, the issue of Europe. Shall we be able to enlarge while maintaining our model of solidarity? We shall be particularly vigilant in this regard, no less than we shall be regarding the issue of human rights in Turkey."@en1

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