It goes without saying, however, that accession negotiations will be quite out of the question until such time as Turkey complies with the Copenhagen criteria, especially the democratic criteria, although any progress in this direction will of course encourage us to adopt the measures which I have just mentioned.
Men det må stå helt klart, at forhandlinger med Tyrkiet ikke engang kan overvejes, så længe landet ikke respekterer Københavnskriterierne, især hvad angår demokratiet, selv om ethvert fremskridt i den retning naturligt vil fremme godkendelsen af de foranstaltninger, jeg netop har omtalt.