Özet:

It is my pleasure to be with you today for the commemoration of Europe Day. Looking at the faces of all the young people in this hall, I am sure that the future is shared by young people who have high expectations regarding their futures. The European Union is of course the project of our future. It is a project; a design that will determine the future of the whole of Europe including Turkey. The preceeding speakers have repeatedly emphasised the European Convention and Turkey's contribution to it. This is for sure because if the Convention is to shape the future of Europe, Turkey is present in this future and she has a say in it. Turkey has to make a contribution if she wants to participate in this future. In other words, the degree to which Turkey takes part in the future of Europe depends on her contribution