Co-ordinator on the Cyprus problem of the Socialist Group in the European Parliament, Mrs. Mechtild Rothe comments on Turkey's wish to join the EU:
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Mrs Rothe said “it is important that there is a change in Turkey concerning the unity of Cyprus. There is another point: Turkey´s wish to join the EU. Turkey has to fulfill its obligations and therefore Turkey has to open its ports, for example, as stated in the Ankara Protocol. This is clear. The European Union must make it clear to Turkey to do that”.
Concluding she said that for her two things matter, explaining that “at the top of the agenda is the solution of the Cyprus problem and the second is what is Turkey doing to find its way into the European Union”.
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