Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-09-28-Speech-3-024"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-09-28"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Opening of negotiations with Turkey - Additional Protocol to the EEC-Turkey Association Agreement2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050928.3.3-024"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-09-28-Speech-3-0252
lpv:speaker	lp:Roger Knapman2
lpv:spoken text	". Mr President, for those of us who are opposed to the whole idea of political union, the matter is quite straightforward. We are opposed to political union with Turkey just as we are opposed to political union with Germany, France or Italy. However, what is one to make suddenly of all these euro-fanatics – especially down there – and the CDU in Germany, and even the great President Chirac himself, whose ardour for the European Union's endless development suddenly cools when they reach the Bosphorus? Some this morning will detect the whiff of hypocrisy; but it is not actually hypocrisy, it is the smell of fear: fear that public support for the whole EU project will finally collapse if Turkish entry is pursued. After all, the latest Eurobarometer, as Mr Poettering will surely know, showed 70% opposition to Turkish membership in France and 74% in Germany. But, as usual, Brussels will plough on. Good! Although we are against Turkish accession, we shall be quite happy to watch the EU destroy itself while trying to achieve it. They say turkeys do not vote for Christmas, but if the EU institutions vote for Turkey, it could be a serendipitous exception to the rule."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; IND/DEM (2004-07-20--2008-06-04)3 unknown; UK Independence Party (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Roger Knapman,"1 "on behalf of the IND/DEM Group"1 "seriously"1

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