On Tuesday 12 March, the European Parliament asked the EU Council, the European Commission and the EU High Representative to set, “as a matter of urgency, the following short-term benchmarks to measure any sustainable progress made by the Turkmenistan authorities, using the recommendations made by the United Nations, the OSCE and the EBRD as a basis”.
The report, written by Ramona Nicole Mănescu (EPP, Romania) and adopted in plenary session (589 votes for, 54 against and 23...