Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-07-03-Speech-1-037"
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"Mr President, 18 months ago I was one of the signatories of the appeal, signed by over 50 Members, which called for Parliament to support the opening of accession negotiations with Turkey. I also voted in our Parliament for the door to be opened to Ankara. It is therefore all the more regrettable that today there are reports in the world press of another attempt on the life of a Catholic priest in Turkey. The priest is injured but has survived the attack. Sadly, this is not the first attack on a clergyman, a non-Muslim, in that country. The previous attack had a tragic end as the priest was killed. Personally, I am worried about Turkey’s failure to respect religious freedom. I am not the only one who is worried. This makes the road to European Union membership longer for Turkey. Even supporters such as myself, who are in favour of enlarging the European Union structures to include this country, believe this to be the case."@en1
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