Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-12-13-Speech-1-116"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-12-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Turkey's progress towards accession2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20041213.10.1-116"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-12-13-Speech-1-1172
lpv:speaker	lp:Yiannakis Matsis2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; AFET (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; REGI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2006-12-31)3 unknown; Gia tin Evropi (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I wish to thank the rapporteur, Mr Eurlings, for the very difficult job which he has completed so efficiently. We shall know the results of the procedures for Turkey to accede to the European Union when the European Council takes its decision on 17 December 2004. The two alternatives, either the exclusion or the full accession of Turkey, do not suffice. There also needs to be a third alternative: the option of a special relationship with Turkey. If the Council decision inclines towards yes, internal problems will arise in the European Union. If the decision inclines towards no, it may provoke a crisis in relations between Turkey and the European Union, something which needs to be avoided. Our special relationship should be the golden option which helps both Turkey and the European Union. However, Turkey should not accede to the European Union while Cyprus is partitioned and occupied, without recognising the Republic of Cyprus. If its relations with the Republic of Cyprus are to be normalised, the colonists and the forty thousand occupying Turkish soldiers need to withdraw from the island and be replaced – why not – with a small European force based on the Bosnia model. Of course, the best guarantee for the Greek Cypriots and the Turkish Cypriots is the application of the laws and principles of the European Union. That is why the solution to the Cyprus problem must be purely European and must be based on full respect for and the application of the and the principles in general on which the European Union is founded. With such a development, you can be sure that the Greek Cypriot Christians, who account for 82% of the population of Cyprus, and the Turkish Cypriot Muslims, who account for 18%, will be a perhaps unique example of peaceful coexistence, cooperation and progress and Cyprus will become a real bridge of peace and cooperation between the European Union and the Arab nations and Israel, with which Cyprus has always maintained excellent relations."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"acquis communautaire"1

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