Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-12-13-Speech-1-115"
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"Mr President, I am grateful to the rapporteur, Mr Eurlings, for his efforts. A great deal has already been said about the Copenhagen political criteria. Let there be no misunderstanding. I am not, in principle, opposed to Turkey’s accession, but I refuse to endorse the view that opening negotiations with Turkey is necessary in order to further improve, for example, the protection of human rights and of minorities. To do so is, as far as I am concerned, to put the cart before the horse.
The enlargement process is generally characterised by conditions and criteria which are forgotten on the
. Although, as one of the Members of this House remarked, I do not want to turn human rights as such into an instrument, I would like to adhere to the agreements made. The question that is before us is whether Turkey meets the political criteria of Copenhagen, and the answer is no. I consider opening negotiations nonetheless as a starting shot for a journey as we have with Romania, namely that of a train that is hurtling along and culminates in accession, where the negotiation chapters are closed artificially and the criteria no longer have a bearing. This is bound to weaken the Union sooner or later.
It therefore matters a great deal to me that this House should stick to the agreements made, and finally put an end to the arbitrariness, or double standards, that characterise the enlargement process."@en1
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