5 Amendments of Tokia SAÏFI related to 2016/2308(INI)
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to suspend the accession talks with Turkey if the constitutional package is implemented unchanged;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes with concern that measures undertaken following the declaration of the state of emergency have targeted alleged members/supporters of the Gülen movement, dissent in general and political parties of the opposition in particular; strongly condemns the imprisonment of 13 MPs belonging to the People’s Democratic Party (HDP), including its co-chairs, and of 90 Kurdish municipal mayors; urges the Turkish Government to lift the state of emergency immediately; underlines that the reintroduction of the death penalty would violate Turkey’s international commitments and lead to an immediate end to the EU accession talks;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Condemns strongly the violations of freedom of expression and the serious infringements of media freedom, including the disproportionate bannings of media sites and social media; notes with concerncondemns the closure of around 170 media outlets -– including almost all Kurdish-language outlets -– and the jailing of more than 150 journalists; recalls that a free and pluralistic press is an essential component of any democracy and urges the Turkish government to release all journalists immediately;
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on Turkey to protect the rights of the most vulnerable groups and of persons belonging to minorities; emphasises the importance of the principle of religious freedom and of respect for religious minorities; regrets that the LGBTI marches in Ankara and Istanbul were banned for the second consecutive year; is seriously concerned about gender-based violence, discrimination, hate speech against minorities, hate crime and violations of the human rights of LGBTI persons; calls on Turkey to harmonise its domestic legislation with the Council of Europe’s Istanbul Convention, which it ratified in 2014; welcomes the government’s national strategy and action plan for Roma and encourages the authorities to address key obstacles to the social inclusion of Roma;
Amendment 235 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Believes that strengthenupgrading trade relations could bring concrete benefits to citizens in Turkey and the EU, andin therefore supports light of the current failings of the Customs Union; notes, however, that the Commission’s proposal to start negotiations on the upgrading of the Customs Union should be made conditional on Turkey respecting human rights and fundamental freedoms; reiterates that the EU is Turkey’s main trading partner and that two thirds of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Turkey comes from EU Member States; considers the involvement of social partners in negotiations as crucial; calls on the Commission to include political benchmarksan enforceable clause on human rights and fundamental freedoms in the upgraded Customs Union, with a view to making it a key conditionality; also notes that the upgrading of the Customs Union remains a purely commercial issue and is in no way related to the accession negotiation process, which should be suspended;