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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2012-03-29"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Explanations of vote2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20120329.36.4-262-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2012-03-29-Speech-4-263-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Marina Yannakoudakis2
lpv:spoken text	"Madam President, Turkey is a modern secular state with a rapidly expanding economy. However, as the progress report shows, Turkey still has a long way to go before it meets the criteria to become an EU member. There are three main areas where I feel Turkey needs to make considerable improvements. Firstly, Turkey is still lagging behind when it comes to equality between men and women. Secondly, Turkey must do more to protect the rights of minority communities, especially the Kurds. Kurds must be allowed to be educated in their own language. Thirdly, the country’s Foreign Minister has indicated that Turkey will refuse to work with the Cypriot Presidency from 1 July. Any country that does not recognise one of the 27 EU Member States is a questionable candidate. I call on Ankara to engage with the Cypriot Presidency. I also call on Ankara to prove it holds EU values and, as a sign of goodwill, withdraw its troops from the occupied part of Cyprus. Turkey needs to show statesmanship if it wishes to join the EU."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; PECH (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; ENVI (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 substitute; CRIM (2012-03-28--2013-10-23)3 unknown; Conservative Party (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; FEMM (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Marina Yannakoudakis (ECR )."1
lpv:videoURI	<go to Events_and_structure europarl>2

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