Leading members of the European Parliament on Wednesday called for formally halting talks with Turkey for its EU membership, citing President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan plans to expand his powers after the approval of constitutional amendments in an April 16 referendum.
According to a Reuters report, EU parliamentarians criticized the plan to give Erdoğan more power, saying it will undermine democracy and stifle free speech in Turkey.
“As Turkey with such a constitution cannot become a member of the EU, it doesn’t make sense to continue the discussion on integration. The EU should officially suspend the accession talks if the constitutional changes are implemented unchanged,” Kati Piri, a Dutch center-left European lawmaker who oversees the Turkey portfolio, said during a session at the European Parliament. Continue to read.
Source: Turkish Minute
Journalism from the University of Porto (Portugal) and did his MA in History, International Relations and Cooperation. In 2016, José did voluntary work with Syrian refugees in Turkey and then he worked at an Ankara based think-tank, SASAM. There he made extensive researches on Turkish foreign policy, Turkish communities living in Europe, religious minority communities
in Turkey, the relations between Turkey and the EU and its
countries, etc.
He truly believes that liberal democracy is a cause worth fighting for.
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