Rådet erindrer om, at Europa-Kommissionen straks reagerede på denne lov ud fra det synspunkt, at den dels ikke opfylder det politiske københavnskriterium, dels er i strid med tiltrædelsespartnerskabet, som forudsætter, at man på kort sigt ophæver alle retsforskrifter, der forbyder tyrkiske borgere at anvende deres modersmål i tv- og radioudsendelser.
The Council would remind the House that the European Commission reacted immediately to this law partly on the grounds that it was not consistent with the politically based Copenhagen criteria and partly on the grounds that it conflicted with the accession partnership, a necessary prerequisite of which is that all legal stipulations prohibiting Turkish citizens from using their mother tongues in TV and radio broadcasts are to be cancelled without delay.