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This is a very pertinent question and we raise this issue regularly both in formal meetings of the Association Council and in other bilateral meetings. I have raised it myself on several occasions with the members of the Turkish Government. One should also bear in mind that there are several international organisations of which both Turkey and the Republic of Cyprus are members, such as the Council of Europe and the OSCE.
It is clear to me and to the Commission that we cannot have the same kind of progress report in 2006 as in 2005. This means that Turkey will need to make serious and significant progress both on the reforms related to the Copenhagen political criteria and concerning the normalisation of its relations with the Republic of Cyprus, in accordance with the EU declaration and the negotiating framework.
The safeguard clause, or the emergency brake as it is called, is a very serious policy tool, but it is not appropriate to speculate further on this before concrete negotiations on the chapters have really started. However, in the case of a serious and persistent breach of human rights, the rule of law or political criteria, the Commission would not hesitate to propose using this safeguard clause, provided for by the negotiating framework.
Let us not tempt fate. Let us work in order to solve these problems. I expect that Turkey will comply with its commitments to support Cypriot membership of international organisations."@en1
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