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"Mr President, I abstained from the vote on this report, much as I do, of course, agree with the majority of recommendations calling for equal rights and equal opportunities for women in Turkey.
Why did I abstain? First of all, because I do find it odd that nowhere in this report was reference made to the crux of the issue, namely, the march in Turkey of a very radical form of Islam, a kind of Islam that is actually stuck in the Middle Ages and where women, by definition, are viewed and treated as subordinate beings.
For that matter, I also consider it unacceptable that we do not have the courage, in this report, as in many others, to link the billions in European subsidies that have been flooding into Turkey for years to strict conditions relating, for instance, to human rights and freedom of expression.
Finally, we really should have the courage to make it plain and clear that Turkey is not a European country, and never has been, does not it have European culture, and that, consequently, a potential accession to the European Union must be rejected."@en1
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