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"Mr President, my congratulations to Ms Oomen-Ruijten on the political integrity of her report. The institutions of the European Union have maintained their political will concerning Turkey’s European prospects.
The question is: does Turkey itself have the same will to become an EU Member State? The drawbacks of the system in Turkey have to do mainly with the prevailing views of democracy. Basic structural elements of real democratic governance are freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of the various ethnic minorities to preserve their cultural identity, constitutional reform in keeping with the modern model of democracy, a diplomatic approach to foreign policy issues and avoidance of threats, commitment to the principles of good neighbourly relations, not violating the national space of other States and provoking neighbours, respect for the principles and values of the construct of which Turkey wishes to become a part and, therefore, its obligation to recognise all parts of the European Union. The issue of illegal immigration via Turkey and its refusal to apply agreements already entered into also raise numerous questions.
Turkey is very welcome in Europe, if and provided that it decides to adopt the necessary measures and does not want to remain with one foot in the Asian camp and one in the European."@en1
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