EU Parliament Calls on to Suspend Talks on Turkey’s Accession

• 06.20.2017, 19:22
•  Europe,  Region,  World

European Parliament

The EU Parliament on Tuesday urged the European Commission and all EU member states to suspend their talks on Turkey’s accession to the block.

"As the proposed constitutional reform package is not in line with EU membership criteria, the report calls for the formal suspension of the accession talks if the constitutional amendments are implemented as is. We expect the government to take the Venice Commission recommendations seriously, as well as the fact that half of the Turkish population voted against it in the referendum," EU Parliament’s Rapporteur Kati Piri said, as quoted in a statement by the parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee, Sputnik News reports.