Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-11-16-Speech-2-077"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-11-16"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Turkish Cypriot community2
dcterms:Language	"da"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20041116.9.2-077"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-11-16-Speech-2-0782
lpv:speaker	lp:Mogens Camre2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EMPL (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; SEDE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; CONT (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Dansk Folkeparti (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 vice-chair; UEN (2004-07-20--2007-07-19)3 substitute; AFCO (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, we also wish to express confidence in the Reconstruction Agency’s being able to help improve the economic and social situation in the Turkish-occupied zone in northern Cyprus. It is important to remember the background to the current situation in the northern part of Cyprus. The background is the Turkish invasion that took place in 1974 and that meant that the population in the northern part of Cyprus now finds itself in an economic and social situation clearly worse than that which existed before July 1974. In that connection, I have to emphasise that, as others have already pointed out, the efforts at development are to take place in cooperation with the government of the Republic of Cyprus. What must not happen is for the EU now to go in and provide aid as a thank you to those who voted in favour of the Koffi Annan plan and to forget those who voted against the plan. There are motives that, in my opinion, have not been properly examined in this Parliament, and I remember the discussion with Mr Verheugen, during the last sitting, of the whole issue of the Koffi Annan plan. This was clearly unjust and clearly unacceptable to the Greek Cypriot population, and it was consequently rejected by a huge majority. No doubt all of us want to see the situation improve, and an essential prerequisite for this is, of course, an end to the military occupation of northern Cyprus. As long as Turkey has occupied part of another European country’s territory, we cannot conduct negotiations, such as may be decided upon in this House in December, with the Turkish Government about Turkish accession to the EU. Any negotiation must always be conducted with the involvement of the Greek Cypriot population and with an appreciation of their interests. It is the Greek Cypriot population that have been the losers since 1974. It is they who have been victims and they must not be punished through the efforts that we in the EU now put in to normalising the situation."@en1

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