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| Turkey's EU membership application should be torn up if Ankara's ‘negative’ actions not reversed – MEPs | Turkey's EU membership application should be torn up if Ankara's ‘negative’ actions not reversed – MEPs |
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| Negotiations for Turkey to join the EU should be scrapped if the government does not change its behavior on a number of areas, including the rule of law and fundamental rights, a group of the bloc's lawmakers has said. | Negotiations for Turkey to join the EU should be scrapped if the government does not change its behavior on a number of areas, including the rule of law and fundamental rights, a group of the bloc's lawmakers has said. |
| Members of the European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee backed a new report on Turkey's EU accession by 49 votes, with four against and 14 abstentions on Thursday. | Members of the European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee backed a new report on Turkey's EU accession by 49 votes, with four against and 14 abstentions on Thursday. |
| In their report, MEPs say EU-Turkey relations have plummeted to a “historic low point” after Ankara has “distanced itself deliberately” from European values and waged a “hostile foreign policy” toward Greece and Cyprus. | In their report, MEPs say EU-Turkey relations have plummeted to a “historic low point” after Ankara has “distanced itself deliberately” from European values and waged a “hostile foreign policy” toward Greece and Cyprus. |
| “If the current negative trend is not urgently and consistently reversed, the [European] Commission should recommend that accession negotiations be formally suspended,” the committee said on Friday, in a statement on the issue. | “If the current negative trend is not urgently and consistently reversed, the [European] Commission should recommend that accession negotiations be formally suspended,” the committee said on Friday, in a statement on the issue. |
| The committee's report will be put before the wider European Parliament for a vote and, if adopted, will represent the body's official stance on the bloc's relations with Turkey. | The committee's report will be put before the wider European Parliament for a vote and, if adopted, will represent the body's official stance on the bloc's relations with Turkey. |
| In recent months, EU chiefs have raised fresh concerns over a number of issues, including Turkey's alleged legal crackdown on the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) over its alleged links to Kurdish militants. | In recent months, EU chiefs have raised fresh concerns over a number of issues, including Turkey's alleged legal crackdown on the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) over its alleged links to Kurdish militants. |
| Brussels and Ankara have also sparred over Turkey's gas drilling in a seabed in the contested waters of the Eastern Mediterranean, an area claimed by Greece and Cyprus. | Brussels and Ankara have also sparred over Turkey's gas drilling in a seabed in the contested waters of the Eastern Mediterranean, an area claimed by Greece and Cyprus. |
| In November, member states agreed sanctions over Turkey's alleged encroachment of their territory. | In November, member states agreed sanctions over Turkey's alleged encroachment of their territory. |
| Ankara has repeatedly denied such claims and last month accused some EU member state governments of making “narrow-minded allegations” against Turkey. | Ankara has repeatedly denied such claims and last month accused some EU member state governments of making “narrow-minded allegations” against Turkey. |
| Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has threatened to leave EU accession talks if progress isn't forthcoming. | Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has threatened to leave EU accession talks if progress isn't forthcoming. |
| The country's bid to join the world's biggest trading bloc began in 2005, but negotiations have seriously stalled. | The country's bid to join the world's biggest trading bloc began in 2005, but negotiations have seriously stalled. |
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