Activities of Mario BORGHEZIO related to 2016/2308(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
2016 Report on Turkey (debate) IT
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the 2016 Commission Report on Turkey PDF (313 KB) DOC (69 KB)
Amendments (19)
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6
Citation 6
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)
Citation 11 a (new)
- having regard to the statement of the Venice Commission of March 2017, as requested by the Monitoring Committee of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly, which maintains that in Turkey a serious deterioration of the functioning of the democratic institutions is under way and calls for Turkey to be monitored once again;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13
Citation 13
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15
Citation 15
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines that 2016 was a difficult year for Turkey’s population as a result of the continuing war in Syria, the high numbers of refugees, and a string of heinous terror attacks, and a violent coup attempt in which 248 people were killed; reiterates its strong condemnation of the coup attempt of 15 July and expresses its solidarity with the people of Turkey; recognises the right and the responsibility of the Turkish government to take action in bringing the perpetrators to justice;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the strategic importance of good EU-Turkey relations for both sides; recognises that both Turkey and the EU have gone through their own internal transformation processes since the accession negotiations were opened in 2004; regrets that the accession instruments have not been used to the fullest extent and that, over the years, Turkey’s full integration into the EU has lost public support on both sides; remains committed to cooperating and maintaining an open dialogue with the Turkish Government, in order to address common challenges; recommends that the Council urgently invite the Turkish Government to a summit to discuss the obvious crisis in EU-Turkey relations that we are faced withat, over the years, Turkey’s full integration into the EU has lost public support on both sides, which proves that Turkey's accession to the EU is only a political and economic imposition, by the EU, above all;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to suspendhalt the accession talks with Turkey if the constitutional package is implemented unchangedonce and for all;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Condemns strongly the violations of freedom of expression and the serious infringements of media freedom, including the disproportionate bannings of media sites and social media; notes with concern the closure of around 170 media outlets - including almost all Kurdish-language outlets - and the jailing of more than 150 journalists; recalls that a free and pluralistic press is an essential component of any democracy and urges the Turkish government to release all journalists immediately; condemns the grave fact that an Italian journalist was arrested and detained in isolation for several days without any legal justification;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Endorses the statement of Commissioner Hahn to the effect that Christians and other non-Muslim religious minorities are still facing problems in Turkey and calls on the Commission to intervene;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. WelcomNotes the deepenserious problems besetting of EU- Turkey relations in key areas of joint interest, such as counter-terrorism, migration, energy, the economy and trade; believes EU-Turkey cooperation in these areas to be an investment in the stability and prosperity of both Turkey and the EU;
Amendment 229 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Believes that strengthening trade relations could bring concrete benefits to citizens in Turkey and the EU, andDoes not therefore supports the Commission’s proposal to start negotiations on the upgrading of the Customs Union; 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 benchmarks on human rights and fundamental freedoms in the upgraded Customs Union;
Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 268 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission to take into account the latest developments in Turkey when conducting the mid-term review of the Instrument for Pre- Accession Assistance (IPA) funds in 2017, and to suspend all pre-accession funds if Turkey no longer sufficiently complies with the EU’s Copenhagen criteria; calls on the Commission to use those funds to support Turkish civil society and to invest more in people-to-people exchange programmes, such as Erasmus+ for studentsend definitively all pre-accession funding for Turkey;
Amendment 303 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Commends the engagement by the Turkish Government and the hospitality shown by the population in hosting around 3 million refugees; notes the EU- Turkey statement on migration, and urges the Member States to initiate the voluntary resettlement scheme for the most vulnerable refugees in Turkey; calls on the Commission to ensure long-term investment in both refugees and their host communities in Turkey; eEncourages the Turkish Government to grant work permits to all Syrian refugees; calls on Ankara to keep up its patrolling efforts in the Aegean and to implement fully the bilateral readmission agreements signed with Bulgaria and Greece;
Amendment 328 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Condemns strongly the recent statements by President Erdogan repeatedly accusing some EU leaders of ‘Nazi practices’ and warns that the continuation of such unwarranted statements undermines Turkey’s credibility as a political partner; notes with concern the reports of alleged pressurecondemns the pressure being brought to bear on members of the Turkish diaspora living in the Member States, and condemns the Turkish authorities’ surveillance of citizens with dual nationality living abroad; is concerned at the revocation of a large number of passports, leaving people stateless;
Amendment 339 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Calls on the Commission to condemn and forcefully reject any attempts by President Erdogan to blackmail the Member States, particularly with regard to the problem of immigrants and refugees;
Amendment 373 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Urges the Turkish Government to acknowledge the Armenian genocide;
Amendment 397 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign and Security Policy, and the Member States and the Turkish Government.