The values and standards of humanity are deteriorating in Turkey, and the European Union must deal with it and put strict laws around it, and that it must be serious, strict and present and must be applied, because of the large number of violence and devastation in Turkey
EU officials should also insist on evidence of actual progress on rights, not mere talk. It was inappropriate for EU leaders to offer the weak suggestion that “dialogue” on rights is “part of the EU-Turkey relationship.”
He also called on EU officials to make respect for rights a prerequisite for talks on new trade ties. “Talks on the modernization of the Customs Union, called for by Ankara, should not begin until concrete measures for an independent judiciary and accountable institutions are taken. An EU-Turkey agenda that does not affirm that human rights are key prerequisites would fail its commitments as much as it would fail Turkey’s citizens.”
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