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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2009-11-26"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Explanations of vote2
dcterms:Language	"pt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20091126.18.4-159"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2009-11-26-Speech-4-1602
lpv:speaker	lp:Nuno Melo2
lpv:spokenAs	member_of_the_bureau; EPP (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; LIBE (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with the Mercosur countries (2009-09-30--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; DROI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 unknown; Partido Popular (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; ECON (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"The process of EU enlargement should always be carefully considered and any new accession should always respect the common points of reference between the countries that make up the EU. I understand that the accession of Turkey is seen as grounds for a preliminary debate, yet this indicates that there are doubts which, at the very least, justify this debate. The debate would include issues such as whether Turkey can, geographically speaking, be considered part of Europe, whether its secularity is merely the result of the army which keeps it in check, whether an EU with borders stretching to Iraqi Kurdistan would be wise, and whether, due to its enormous demographic mass, Turkey’s accession would throw the EU off balance. Moreover, there is a non-negotiable obligation to respect the Copenhagen criteria, the first of which has to do with human rights."@en1

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