Activities of Jérôme RIVIÈRE related to 2019/2176(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
2019-2020 Reports on Turkey (debate)
Amendments (6)
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas being a candidate country presuTurkey has no desire to becomes a willingness to progressively approach in all aspects the values, interests, standards and policies of the EUmember of the European Union;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes with concern that Turkey’s continuous and growing distancing from European values and standards has brought EU-Turkey relations to a historical low point, having deteriorated to such an extent that it requires both parties to profoundly reassess the current framework of relationis necessary to end, definitively and irreversibly, Turkey’s EU accession process;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Regrets the current lack of understanding between the EU and Turkey, but reaffirms its firm conviction that Turkey isNotes that, in light of the numerous conflicts in which Turkey is involved in Syria, Libya, Cyprus, Nagorno-Karabakh and the Eastern Mediterranean, far from being a ‘strategic neighbour and ally with which the EU wishally’, it is today a major destabilising element and a threat to peace; stresses, to have the best possible relationthis end, that it should be expelled from NATO, whose strategic data and solidarity it uses to pursue its constant bellicose policies;
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Is appalled by the serious backsliding on fundamental freedoms revealing the dire human rights situation in Turkey and the continued erosion of democracy and the rule of law; notes the increase in Turkey in the number of attacks on religious freedoms, particularly against Christians, but also against Alevis and Jews; condemns the decision to turn the Hagia Sofia back into a mosque, like other religious sites, some of which are 1 500 years old;
Amendment 484 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Recalls the laudable role played by Turkey in responding to the migration crisis resulting from the war in Syria; takes the view that the EU should continue to giveCondemns the Turkish Government’s use of migrants as a real means of applying pressure and constantly blackmailing the EU Member States; rejects the idea of enshrining the nrecessary support to Syrian refugees and host communities in Turkey; supports an objective assessment of the EU-Turkey Statement and underlines the importance of both parties’ compliance with their respective commitmentsption of migrants as a principle and condemns the dangerous policy implemented by the German Chancellor for the past five years that runs counter to the interest of the people of Europe;
Amendment 510 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. StressNotes that a modernisation of the Customs Union could be beneficial for both parties and would keep Turkey economically and normatively anchored to the EU; reiterates that this would need to be based on strong conditionality related to human rights and fundamental freedoms; highlights that it seems unrealistic to envisage any modernisation of the Customs Union given the current circumstances; recalls that the current Customs Union does not achieve its full potential until Turkey fully implements the Additional Protocol towards all Member StatesTurkey has been the only beneficiary of the EU’s trade policy, notably the Customs Union; points out that Turkey has an annual trade surplus with the EU of 14 billion dollars; believes that it is now time, in the interest of the EU economies, to scale back all of these arrangements; rejects, therefore, any modernisation of the Customs Union;