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What changed between the draft committee report and the plenary report
From · draft committee report· 29 Jan 2025
on the 2023 and 2024 Commission reports on Türkiye
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The report now stresses growing divergence and standstill in accession, with more negative assessments of democracy and rule of law.1234 It adds extensive new paragraphs on human rights abuses, judicial crisis, media freedom, women's and LGBTI+ rights, and prison conditions.13141516 It updates positions on Cyprus, Syria, Russia, and other foreign policy issues, adding calls for alignment and condemning violations.1416 It reframes the relationship towards a strategic partnership while insisting on conditionality and no shortcuts in accession.6789
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Part 4 of 4: EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
This is the first report in this legislature on the progress of Türkiye as a candidate country to the EU. Due to the fact that 2024 was an EU election year, this resolution encompasses Parliament’s response to the Commission’s enlargement reports of both 2023 and 2024.
The report evaluates the state of play and latest developments with regard to Türkiye’s accession progress and also the broader relations between the EU and the country. Accession negotiations with Türkiye have remained at a standstill since 2018, in line with the European Council Conclusions. The report argues that, despite Turkish Government’s recent statements on its commitment to the EU membership, the gap between Türkiye and the EU’s values and normative framework -which are at the core of the accession process- has remained unaddressed during the last period with persisting laws and measures aimed at curtailing the rule of law and fundamental rights. The report calls on the Turkish authorities to put an end to those current serious restrictions and the constant attacks on the rights of members of the opposition, human rights defenders, lawyers, trade unionists, members of minorities, journalists, academics and civil society activists, among others.
As a conclusion, the report reiterates that Türkiye’s EU accession process cannot be resumed in the current circumstances and urges the Turkish Government and the European Union’s institutions and Member States to keep working, beyond the currently frozen accession process, towards a closer, more dynamic and strategic partnership.