3 Amendments of Lorenzo CESA related to 2016/2308(INI)
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the strategic importance of good EU-Turkey relations for both sides; recognises that both Turkey and the EU have gone through their own internal transformation processes since the accession negotiations were opened in 2004; regrets that the accession instruments have not been used to the fullest extent and that, over the years, Turkey’s full integration into the EU has lost some of its public support on both sides; remains committed to cooperating and maintaining an open dialogue with the Turkish Government, in order to address common challenges; recommends that the Council urgently invite the Turkish Government to a summit to discuss the obvious crisis in EU-Turkey relations that we are faced with;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to assess whether to suspend the accession talks with Turkey ifshould the constitutional package is implemented uncnot comply sufficiently with the Copenhangedn criteria;
Amendment 275 #
Motion for a resolution
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15. Calls on the Commission to take into account the latest developments in Turkey when conducting the mid-term review of the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) funds in 2017, and to consider suspending all pre-accession funds if Turkey no longer sufficiently complies with the EU’s Copenhagen criteria; calls on the Commission to use those funds to support measures in areas specifically relating to the rule of law and supporting Turkish civil society and to invest more in people-to-people exchange programmes, such as Erasmus+ for students;