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"Mr President, I declare an interest in this debate as patron of the Peace in Kurdistan campaign and a board member of the EU-Turkey Civic Commission. I endorse utterly my group colleague Mr Özdemir’s remarks about dialogue and how this process is not black and white. All sides have their shortcomings and we in this House must continue to encourage where necessary, and criticise where necessary. We must also, I stress, keep an eye to our own integrity and ensure that legitimate concerns about the painfully slow progress of the peace process within Kurdistan and Turkey as a whole does not become a cipher for those within this House and within the EU who are more anti-Turkish EU membership than they are pro-democracy.
The Copenhagen criteria constitute the roadmap. The Copenhagen criteria on recognition of cultural, historic and political rights are clear, they are already laid down. We in this House must keep our own hands clean. The EU as a champion of dialogue and democracy must ensure that we always remember our own principles and our own role as honest, impartial broker, able to help and criticise where necessary."@en1
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