5 Amendments of Marie-Christine VERGIAT related to 2012/2870(RSP)
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7a (new)
Paragraph 7a (new)
7a. Is deeply concerned about serious, constant and multi-fold political discriminations that pro-Kurdish opposition party BDP has been facing in 2012, including waivers of parliamentary immunity against several elected TGNA Members and threats of dissolution of the party; deeply regrets the damage done by the arrests of thousands of BDP and other activists and their retention in pre-trial detention for years and asks Turkish government to urgently change laws and regulate the judiciary in order to undo the damage done;
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Condemns firmly the assassination in Paris, on 9 January 2013, of three Kurdish female activists; calls on the French authorities to do everything possible to ensure that the perpetrators and those who ordered these killings are brought swiftly to justice and sentenced;
Amendment 260 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18b (new)
Paragraph 18b (new)
18b. Welcomes the direct political dialogue that the Turkish government has recently opened with Abdullah Öcalan; deems that a perspective for negotiations has been opened which could lead to a historical agreement settling the Kurdish conflict in a peaceful and democratic way; therefore, encourages the conflict parties to transform talks into structured negotiations as soon as possible; underlines the importance of strong and positive support to the process that should be given by the EU Member States as well as the constructive role that political parties, media and civil society in Turkey must play for the peace process to succeed; further underlines the importance of the constitutional reform process for a lasting settlement of the Kurdish question;
Amendment 261 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Calls on the Turkish authorities to ensure that the circumstances of the massacre of Uludere / Sirnak on 28 December 2011, in which 34 innocent civilians lost their lives due to indiscriminate army shelling, are fully clarified and that the ongoing investigation is relaunched so that those responsible are brought to justice;
Amendment 383 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Reiterates its condemnation, in the strongest terms, of the continuing terrorist violence by the PKK, which is on the EU list of terrorist organisations, and expresses its full solidarity to Turkey and to the families of the many victims; calls on the Member States, in close coordination with the EU counter terrorism coordinator and Europol, to intensify cooperation with Turkey in the fight against terrorism and organised crime as a source of financing of terrorism, providing inter alia that this fight concerns all Turkish extremist circles in Europe, as long as this is not a pretext for serious human rights violations, and to ensure that the Turkish authorities define the term ‘terrorism’ in accordance with European standards and norms in this field; calls on Turkey to adopt a personal data protection law and legislation on the financing of terrorism so that a cooperation agreement can be concluded with Europol andin accordance with Convention 108 of the Council of Europe so that judicial cooperation with Eurojust and with the EU Member States can further develop; takes the view that the assignment of a police liaison officer to Europol would help improve bilateral cooperation;