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"In my opinion, Turkey is not making satisfactory progress in terms of fundamental rights, freedom of speech and expression and freedom of the press. I also see significant shortcomings with regard to religious freedom. Furthermore, there has been no apparent progress in terms of recognising the rights of women or gender equality. My summary of Turkey as a candidate country is unambiguous – Turkey repeatedly disqualifies itself because of its unambiguous attitude to the European Union – particularly Cyprus, which is next in line to assume the Council Presidency. I very much doubt that the decades of conflict regarding Cyprus can be resolved so easily, despite the greatest possible efforts on the EU’s part and the enormous level of pre-accession aid paid to Turkey by the EU. Turkey, or at least the Turkish mentality, will never be part of the European Union. Turkey shows clearly that it is not interested in fitting in with European standards or value systems and that we should not expect any significant change in attitude. For this reason, we should abandon any further negotiations with Turkey in relation to accession."@en1
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