Il y a d’après moi trois contradictions fondamentales avec les critères politiques de Copenhague - conditions d’adhésion pourtant essentielles -, d’importance capitale: la position prédominante de l’armée dans l’État et la société turcs(voir paragraphes 7, 8 et 9), à laquelle s’ajoute la discrimination permanente des minorités religieuses, en particulier celles de confession chrétienne (paragraphe 39) et, enfin, la cuisante question kurde, dont il est question aux paragraphes 34, 35 et 43.
Three fundamental inconsistencies with the political criteria of Copenhagen – which are, after all, essential accession conditions – are all-important in this connection: firstly, the army's dominant position in the Turkish state and society, for which, see paragraphs 7, 8 and 9; secondly, the constant discrimination against religious minorities, particularly that of Christian denominations (paragraph 39); and thirdly, the disturbing Kurdish issue, mentioned in paragraphs 34, 35 and 43.