1 Amendments of Franck PROUST related to 2016/2308(INI)
Amendment 235 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Believes that strengthenupgrading trade relations could bring concrete benefits to citizens in Turkey and the EU, andin therefore supports light of the current failings of the Customs Union; notes, however, that the Commission’s proposal to start negotiations on the upgrading of the Customs Union should be made conditional on Turkey respecting human rights and fundamental freedoms; reiterates that the EU is Turkey’s main trading partner and that two thirds of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Turkey comes from EU Member States; considers the involvement of social partners in negotiations as crucial; calls on the Commission to include political benchmarksan enforceable clause on human rights and fundamental freedoms in the upgraded Customs Union, with a view to making it a key conditionality; also notes that the upgrading of the Customs Union remains a purely commercial issue and is in no way related to the accession negotiation process, which should be suspended;