Despite the “democratic and pro-European aspirations of a large part of Turkish society”, given the Turkish government’s failure to take the “necessary steps to address the existing fundamental democratic shortcomings” in the country, the European Parliament reiterated on Wednesday 7 May that Turkey’s EU accession process could not be resumed under the current circumstances.
In the report by Nacho Sánchez Amor (S&D, Spanish) which they adopted (367 votes in favour,...