Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-10-27-Speech-3-180"

Predicate	Value (sorted: default)
rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-10-27"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Question Time (Council)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20041027.10.3-180"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-10-27-Speech-3-1812
lpv:speaker	lp:Nicolaï2
lpv:translated text	". Mr President, as far as the last question is concerned, I indicated that, as I read the Commission’s comments and verdict, the formal separation of church and state is not the issue. What the discussion is about, as it was in the past and will be in future, is the factual implementation of church and state separation, in other words freedom of religion as one of the points which is, and will continue to be, closely monitored, where the developments in Turkey are concerned. In reaction to the comments – for I do not think it was a question by Mr Evans – I should like to state quite categorically that the position of the presidency in terms of religion as criterion to join, is not at issue. Religion does not form part of the Copenhagen criteria or, for that matter, of the political criteria. I want to make a point of stating this here emphatically."@en1

Named graphs describing this resource:

The resource appears as object in 2 triples

Context graph