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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, this report and this debate are, in my view, a sign that Europe is closing in on itself. Some Members are at least brave enough to say it more openly: they regard Europe as a religious entity and area, which means that political Europe is dead.
I thought, instead, that the dream – the inspiration, the creation and the dream of a federalist Europe – was precisely to expand the area subject to the rule of law and democracy.
That is the great offer that we should be making to Turkey and, just at a time when Islamic fundamentalism is rising throughout the world, we should insist on it and put it in practice in a report to speed up the accession process. In that case the criticisms, including the severest ones, might make sense.
In fact, different solutions are obviously presenting themselves here: not Turkey’s full, political accession, but rather enhanced cooperation agreements, all things that in themselves do not have the strength of the political message or of full accession.
If we follow that path – which, unfortunately, was also suggested by President Barroso in his statement yesterday – we shall bear the responsibility not only for pushing Turkey away, but also for pushing away political Europe."@en1
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