On Thursday 24 November, MEPs adopted a resolution by a very large majority (479 votes in favour, 37 against and 107 abstentions) calling for a temporary freeze on the EU's accession negotiations with Turkey. They had called for this freeze during a debate on Tuesday 22 March(see EUROPE 11673).
Strongly condemning the "disproportionate repressive measures" applied in Turkey since the failed military coup in July 2016, MEPs ask the European Commission and member states to start a...