On Wednesday 5 July, MEPs said that they wanted to develop new relations with Turkey despite the fact that the situation the country in terms of human rights has deteriorated since the attempted coup d’état in July 2016.
Several MEPs therefore called for the suspension of accession negotiations if the amendments to the Constitution were effectively implemented. Renate Sommer (EPP, Germany) argued that the Council of the EU should therefore “demonstrate courage”. She added that,...