Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2010-02-10-Speech-3-041"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2010-02-10"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:2009 progress report on Croatia - 2009 progress report on the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - 2009 progress report on Turkey (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20100210.8.3-041"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2010-02-10-Speech-3-0422
lpv:speaker	lp:Lorenzo Fontana2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EFD (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; AGRI (2009-07-16--2011-12-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; AFET (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 unknown; Lega Nord (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation for relations with Afghanistan (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the Swedish and Spanish Presidencies have made Turkey’s membership of the European Union a priority topic, as though it were now a foregone conclusion. We do not feel that Turkey’s membership is either realistic or opportune for many reasons. Firstly, because Turkey is not geographically located within Europe; secondly, because Turkey is becoming more and more Islamic and Ankara is actually a leading member of the largest international pan-Islamic organisation, the OIC; thirdly, because religious minorities are persecuted and their inferiority is ingrained in society; fourthly, because Turkey continues to officially deny the genocide of one and a half million Armenian Christians and occupies Cyprus in both military and political terms in breach of international law. We must also remember that with Turkey in the European Union, we will have countries such as Iraq, Iran and Syria on our borders. Lastly, we must also remember that Turkey, with its 90 million inhabitants, will be the most populated country in the European Union by 2030. This means that it would have the highest number of MEPs and the most significant percentage vote in the European Council; the balance of Europe would certainly be destabilised."@en1
lpv:videoURI	<go to Events_and_structure europarl>2

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