5 Amendments of Arnaud DANJEAN related to 2018/2150(INI)
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission and the Member States, taking all of the above into account and in accordance with the Negotiating Framework, to formally suspendterminate the accession negotiations with Turkey; remains, however, committed to democratic dialogue with Turkey; asksrecalls the invitation to the Commission, to use, during the formal suspension of negotiations, all funds available under IPA II and the futurehe Member States and Turkey to hold an open and honest discussion about the areas of mutual interest for which intensified cooperation would be possible; underlines that any political engagement between the EU and Turkey should be built on conditionality provisions concerning respect for democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights; believes, however, that the future relationship between the EU and Turkey can only be based on the Customs Union and not a membership to the EU; asks the Commission to use, after the formal termination of negotiations, all funds currently allocated under IPA III to support, through a dedicated envelope directly managed by the EU, Turkey’s civil society, and to increase opportunities for people-to-people contacts, academic dialogue, access for Turkish students to European universities and media platforms for journalists;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Notes that while the EU accession process was at its start a strong motivation for reforms in Turkey, there has been a starkmassive regression in the areas of the rule of law and human rights during the last few years; recallnotes that Parliament repeatedly called for the opening of Chapter 23 on Judiciary and Fundamental Rights and Chapter 24 on Justice, Freedom and Security atTurkey has been moving further away from the EU; deeply deplores the a ntime when the Turkish government had pledged to conduct serious reforms; regrets deeply that the accession instruments could not be used to the fullest extent owing to a continued blockage by the Council-EU rhetoric of the Turkish President which has clouded the mutual relationship and thus led to the current standstill in any negotiation process;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Believes that a door should be left open for the modernisation and upgrading of the 1995 Customs Union between the EU and Turkey, to include relevant areas such as agriculture, services and public procurement, which currently are not coveredNotes the decision of the Council that no further work towards the modernisation of the EU-Turkey Customs Union is foreseen; recalls that two thirds of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Turkey comes from EU Member States and that Turkey is an important growth market for the EU; believes that the upgrade would provide a valuable opportunity for democratic conditionality, positive leverage and the possibility of a roadmap where upgrading the Customs Union would go hand in hand with concrete commitments by Turkey on democratic reforms; believes further that the upgrading of the Customs Union would provide an important opportunity for policy dialogue on climate change as well as on labour rights in Turkey; calls onunderlines that the Customs Union can only reach its full potential when Turkey fully implements the Additional Protocol vis-à-vis all Member States; expects the Commission to startwait with any preparatory work for the upgradinge of the Customs Union as solong as the Turkish Ggovernment does not indicates its readiness for serious reforms; calls on the Commission to include in any potential future modernisation of the customs union a clause on human rights and fundamental freedoms, making human rights and fundamental freedoms a key conditionality;
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 229 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17