Hier, M. Wiersma a mentionné que la non-reconnaissance du génocide arménien de 1915-1916 était un problème.
Yesterday Mr Wiersma mentioned that failure to acknowledge the 1915-1916 Armenian genocide is a problem.
Ce rapport nous rappelle que, malgré les réformes significatives en cours en Turquie, il reste plusieurs points préoccupants: pratique de la torture, violation régulière des droits de l’homme et non-reconnaissance du génocide arménien.
The report reminds us that, despite the significant reforms underway in Turkey, there remain some worrying areas, such as the fact that torture still takes place, the fact that human rights are not routinely respected and the fact that the genocide of the Armenian people has not been acknowledged.
Toutes ces raisons, sans parler du non-respect des critères de Copenhague, de la non-reconnaissance du génocide arménien ou encore de la non-reconnaissance d’un pays de l’Union européenne, militent en faveur d’une décision, vendredi, qui dépasse le débat adhésion ou exclusion.
For all of these reasons – and not to mention the fact that the Copenhagen criteria have not been complied with, the Armenian genocide has not been recognised and, indeed, an EU Member State is not recognised – a decision must be taken on Friday that goes beyond the accession or exclusion debate.