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VOICE OF EUROPE CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED AGAINST ACCESSION TALKS WITH TURKEY

PRAGUE, MAY 10, ARMENPRESS: An international Hlas pro Evropu/Voice for
Europe campaign was officially launched on May 9 in Prague. At the same
time, the campaign was launched also in Warsaw, Budapest, Vienna, Bratislava
and Berlin.
The aim of the Voice for Europe initiative, which shall be running from
today until the beginning of September 2005, is to collect at least 1
million of signatures of European citizens who want to make the
decision-makers of the European Union hear their opinion. In the Czech
Republic, Poland, Hungary, Austria, Germany and Slovakia, it will be
possible to sign a petition to block the opening of the accession talks with
Turkey, planned for October 3, 2005. The petition may also be signed in an
electronic form or sent by post; it is available at
The organizers firmly believe that Turkey’s accession to the European
Union will not contribute to the European integration – on the contrary, it
would weaken and complicate the entire process, to an extent which will not
be advantageous either for the member states of the European Union or for
Turkey itself. “We support the idea of a favored partnership and we caution
our politicians against offering full membership to Turkey,” said David
Gresak for Czech organizers.
The campaign in the Czech Republic is provided with organizational backup
by the Asociace pro evropske hodnoty (Association for European Values) and
all participants work for free as volunteers, they are often students and
university graduates. “We are citizens of the European Union, we respect
European values and we want to participate in the creation of our own
future,” added David Gresak