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EU lawmakers non-binding call to freeze talks on letting Turkey in
[IsraelTimes] The European Parliament has advised the European Union...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... to freeze accession talks with ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... amid growing concerns over the country’s human rights ...which are usually open to widely divergent definitions... and democracy. Turkey rejects Thursday’s move, calling it an attempt to "sabotage" relations with the EU. The legislature voted 477-64 with 97 abstentions to approve a non-binding report recommending the suspension of the negotiations in the wake Turkey’s referendum in April that approved constitutional amendments to give the president sweeping new powers. The parliament called on the EU’s 28 states to formally suspend the talks "without delay" if the constitutional reforms are implemented without change in Turkey. "The EU should determine its vision for its future and decide whether or not it will walk with Turkey," he says. Posted by: trailing wife 2017-07-07 |
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