Activities of Cristian Dan PREDA related to 2018/2150(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
2018 Report on Turkey (debate) RO
Amendments (4)
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that since the introduction of the state of emergency more than 152 000 civil servants - including teachers, doctors, (peace) academics, judges and prosecutors - have been dismissed; notes that 125 000 people applied to the Inquiry Commission on the State of Emergency Measures (CoSEM), which is tasked with reviewing and deciding within two years on complaints against measures taken under the state of emergency and related decrees, and 89 000 of them are still awaiting a decision; is concerned about the narrow scope of the mandate of the Inquiry Commission, its lack of independence, and the fact that examinations are made on the sole basis of documents in the case-file, without participation of the person concerned; notes that the dismissals have had an extremely harsh impact on the individuals concerned and on their families, including financially, and come with a lasting social and professional stigma; calls on the Turkish government to ensure that all individuals have the right to have their cases reviewed by an independent court that can award compensation for the material and moral damage caused by their arbitrary dismissal; call furthermore on Turkey to bring the National Human Rights and Equality Institution and the Ombudsman Institution in line with the Paris Principles and to ensure their operational, structural and financial independence;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Condemns the increased executive control over and political interference with the work of judges and prosecutors; stresses that a serious reform of the legislative and judicial branches of power is needed for Turkey to comply with its obligationin order to improve the access to the justice system, increase its effectiveness uander international human rights law; is awaiting, in this regard, the Reform Action Group’s action plan on judici provide better protection for the right to trial within a reasonable time; is awaiting, in this regard, the Reform Action Group to review the judicial reform strategy and bring it in line with the required standards of the EU and Council of Europe; calls on Turkey to ensure throughout the reform process the participation of all reformlevant stakeholders and notably of civil society organisations;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Is deeply concerned over Turkey's recent tendency to increase its diplomatic efforts to curb the presence and influence of the Gülen movement abroad, notably by calling on the EU and its partner countries to extradite Turkish citizens over alleged links with the Gülen movement; calls therefore on Turkey to stop this practice and urges EU Member States to ensure that any extradition requests are processed in a transparent manner while following judicial procedures fully in line with international human rights standards;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Recalls that the Venice Commission assessed the constitutional amendments related to the introduction of a presidential system as lacking sufficient checks and balances as well as, endangering the separation of powers between executive and judiciary as well as curtailing the parliamentary oversight over the executive branch; recalls further that the European Parliament called on the Government of Turkey to implement constitutional and judicial changes and reforms in cooperation with the Venice Commission, and last year also called for the formal suspension of the accession negotiations should the constitutional reform be implemented unchanged, since this would be incompatible with the Copenhagen criteria;