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5 Amendments of Raffaele FITTO related to 2016/2308(INI)

Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
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; notes that the entire process relating to Turkey's accession to the EU has been through alternating phases and is, according to certain EU Member States and public opinion, a process that will be difficult to achieve; 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 with;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
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; condemns the banning and censorship of globally accessible digital sources of information; recalls that a free and pluralistic press is an essential component of any democracy and urges the Turkish government to release all journalists immediately;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Believes that open and effective cooperation between the EU and Turkey leading to strong relations is possible, even outside Turkey’s quest for EU membership, if both parties are willing to adopt a pragmatic approach and work together in areas of common interest, including measures to combat terrorism and human trafficking and matters relating to migration and economic cooperation;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Believes that strengthening trade relations could bring concrete benefits to citizens in Turkey and the EU, and therefore supports the Commission’s proposal to start negotiations on the upgrading of the Customs Union; reiterates that a balanced and updated customs union can ensure mutual benefits, provided that Turkey respects fully its obligations under the additional protocol to the EEC-Turkey Association Agreement; 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;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 308 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. CommendsTakes note of the engagement by the Turkish Government and the hospitality shown by the population in hosting around 3 million refugees; at the same time condemns attempts by the Turkish authorities to pressurise the EU through their utterances regarding the status of the 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 TurkeyCommission and the Member States to put into practice a plan for the fair and proportional distribution of refugees and asylum seekers throughout their territories; expects the Commission to ensure investment for refugees and their host communities in Turkey; calls on the Commission to continue implementation and monitoring of the CCTE programme to encourage the education of refugee children; encourages the Turkish Government to grant work permits to all Syrian refugees and seek to ensure that they have access to education and adequate health care; 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;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET