Strasbourg, 20/05/2008 (Agence Europe) - The co-president of the Greens/EFA Group at the European Parliament, Daniel Cohn-Bendit of Germany, said on Tuesday 20 May when speaking to the press on the sidelines of the plenary session in Strasbourg, that “the illegality placed on members of the AKP party is surrealistic”. He urged the Turkish left to change its attitude. “In any case the AKP will remain in the majority. There will be new elections and greater tension in Turkey”, Daniel Cohn-Bendit explained, stressing that this will not strengthen democracy in the country. He also regretted that, while reform of Article 301 is insufficient, the Turkish left is opposed to it. He concluded by saying: “At the moment Turkey is in a bad way”. (O.J.)