22 Amendments of Bert-Jan RUISSEN related to 2021/2250(INI)
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)
Citation 10 a (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 15 April 2015 on the centenary of the Armenian Genocide,
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas being a candidate country presumes being a European country with a willingness to progressively approach in all aspects the values, interests, standards and policies of the EU; whereas an analysis of the EU’s reports in recent years reveal that Turkey’s distance from the EU’s values and its normative framework is still considerable and is even growing in fundamental areas such as the rule of law and human rights;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas being a candidate country presumes a willingness to progressively approach in all aspects the values, interests, standards and policies of the EU; whereas an analysis of the EU’s reports in recent years reveal that Turkey’s distance from the EU’s values and its normative framework is still consideralmost unbridgeable and is even growing in fundamental areas such as the rule of law and human rights;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas Turkey, along with Qatar, remain the main supporters, including financial, of the Muslim Brotherhood; whereas the Erdogan's Justice and Development Party (AKP) has allowed numerous Islamist organisations to operate freely in the country, specifically in the areas of education, social and economic aid;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
D b. whereas Turkey has allowed the EU-listed terror organisation Hamas to operate in the country for many years and Hamas operatives have received red carpet treatment from Ankara; whereas reportedly in recent months, Turkey has stated that it may reduce the Hamas presence in the country, however, no evidence to such effect have been noted;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)
Recital D c (new)
D c. whereas religious freedom conditions remain worrisome in Turkey as the Turkish authorities continue to implement restrictive and intrusive policies on minority religious practice; whereas 2021 marked an increase in incidents of vandalism and societal violence against religious minorities; whereas religious minorities in Turkey have expressed concerns that governmental rhetoric and policies contribute to an increasingly hostile environment and implicitly encourages acts of societal aggression and violence;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Calls on the Commission to prepare an Enlargement exit strategy for Turkey, to be endorsed by the Council, and to start preparations for a comprehensive privileged partnership instead, based on conditionality;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Reiterates its firm conviction that Turkey is a country of strategic relevance in political, economic and foreign policy terms, a partner that is key for the stability of the wider region, and an ally with which the EU wishes to pursue the best possible relations; welcomes, in this view,takes note of the recent statements expressed at the highest level by the Turkish authorities about the recommitment of the Turkish Government to the EU path, but urges the Turkish authorities to put their words into action and demonstrate this commitment with specific facts and decisions;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Expresses concern over the current economic situation in Turkey, which through soaring inflation and a constantly rising cost of living is pushing a high and increasing number of people into hardship and poverty; is worried about the lack of independence of the Turkish Central Bank, after the firing of both previous chairmen who envisaged a monetary policy that differed from the presidential viewpoint;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Insists that the crucial area of fundamental rights and freedoms, which is at the core of the accession process, cannot be disconnected and isolated from overall relations with the EU and stresses that for Parliament, it remains the main obstacle to further progress on any positive agenda that could be offered to Turkey;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Insists that the crucial area of fundamental rights and freedoms, which is at the core of the accession process, cannot be disconnected and isolated from overall relations with the EU and stresses that for Parliament, it remains one of the main obstacles to further progress on any positive agenda that could be offered to Turkey;
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Reiterates its strong condemnation ofCalls on Turkey to address the increasing prevalence of domestic violence and discrimination against women, despite Turkey’s withdrawal, by presidential decree, from the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (the Istanbul Convention); fears that this decision was aimed to take electoral advantage ahead of the 2023 elections by attempting to create a division between secularist and the conservative circles within the MI opposition camp;
Amendment 275 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Regrets that religious freedom conditions in Turkey have remained poor during 2021 and that the government continued to further empower one interpretation of Sunni Islam over religious pluralism, to the detriment of religious tolerance and the safety and well-being of religious minorities; deplores that religious minority communities face a constant battle to retain and pass on their cultural and religious heritage; calls on the government to actively combat the common acts of vandalism and hate speech targeting religious minority communities; calls on the Turkish government to thoroughly address freedom of religion or belief in the new human rights action plan, by halting the selective interpretation of the Treaty of Lausanne’s provisions on minority rights, including by granting legal personality and education rights to all religious minority organizations, including Christians, non-Sunni Muslims and Alevi and others by and providing funding and subsidies to religious organizations in a non-discriminatory manner;
Amendment 277 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13 b. Expresses its concern that the pandemic has fostered an increase in anti-Semitism and anti-Semitic rhetoric in Turkey, including by President Erdogan himself; calls on Turkey to actively combat anti-Semitism in all its forms in its society;
Amendment 288 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Strongly condemns the Turkish government's continued restrictive and intrusive policies on minority groups' religious freedom as well as the increase in incidents of vandalism and societal violence against religious minorities in 2021; recalls that freedom of religion or belief is a human right and calls on the Turkish government to respect it at all times;
Amendment 292 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Amendment 336 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Recognises that Turkey has legitimate security concerns and the right to fight terrorism; stresses, nevertheless, that this must be done with full respect for the rule of law, human rights and fundamental freedoms; reiterates its firm and unambiguous condemnation of the violent terrorist attacks by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which has been on the EU list of terrorist organisations since 2002; regrets the government's attempts to weaken the Kurdish party in the Diyarbakır province by unilaterally changing the borders of the province of Diyarbakır in March 2021;
Amendment 342 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a. Expresses its concerns at the extradition treaty signed between Turkey and the People's Republic of China in 2017; encourages the Turkish parliament not to ratify the extradition treaty as this would pose great risks to the Uyghur community in the country;
Amendment 390 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21 a. Commends Turkey's decision to invoke the 1936 Montreux Convention, by blocking Russian warships from passage through the Bosporus and Dardanelles straits, following the Russian invasion in Ukraine; welcomes the delivery of Bayraktar drones by Turkey to the Ukrainian army; encourages Turkey to close its airspace to Russian aircrafts;
Amendment 421 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Acknowledges that Turkey can pursue its own foreign policy in line with its interests and goals, but expects this policy to be defended through diplomacy and dialogue based on international law and, as a candidate country, to be increasingly aligned with that of the EU;
Amendment 484 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24 a. Strongly condemns that Turkey continues to allow the EU-listed terror organisation Hamas to operate in the country for many years and that Hamas operatives have received red carpet treatment from Ankara;
Amendment 532 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Insists that democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights should remain at the heart of EU-Turkey relations under any framework; reaffirms its support for keeping the accession process and its value-based approach as the mainis of the opinion that a new comprehensive privileged partnership, based on conditionality, would be the most suitable framework for EU-Turkey relations, as it is still the most powerfulnd a tool to exercise normative pressure and sustain the democratic and pro-European aspirations of Turkish society; nevertheless remains open to the possibility of both sides reviewing, in a realistic manner, the appropriateness of tstresses in this light the need to finish the enlargement process and, in a realistic manner, to explore ways towards a new privileged partnershisp framework of cooperation and its ability to function, or, if necessary, exploring other possibleas a models for future relations;