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Mr President, thank you. We, that is to say you and we, but also we among ourselves, will undoubtedly be discussing at great length the steps both in the run-up to December and thereafter, as regards the issue of whether or not to open negotiations with Turkey, when to do so, and in what way.
Perhaps I can take the three questions together with the response to them. The Commission has indicated – and I agree with what you have said about this – that, where the political criteria are concerned, we still have a long way to go. The Commission has indicated, though, that a start could, under certain conditions, be made on negotiations with Turkey. One of those very conditions is the entry into effect of this criminal justice system which has, in fact, been enquired about in the way the Commission has indicated.
What is very important – and it is clearly also important to you, to judge by your questions – is the fact that the Commission notes that once negotiations have started with Turkey, the political criteria will continue to be monitored very closely. In fact, at least that is what the Commission proposes, if disappointing developments were to be noted, for example in this very political area in which you are now expressing concerns, it should be possible to activate a so-called emergency break in the form of suspending further negotiations.
That would be a new, more far-reaching step in the way we conduct accession processes compared to previous accession procedures. I am convinced that these proposals and suggestions on the part of the Commission can in any event set the right tone in order to accommodate the concerns that have been expressed here and also by others elsewhere, if we were to take a decision on this in December."@en1
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