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Enlargement: MEPs to assess situation in Turkey and Montenegro | News | European Parliament 2 minutes _____ MEPs are expected to criticise the Turkish government for distancing itself from European values and standards, particularly in the areas of democracy, rule of law and fundamental rights. On the agenda will also be Turkey's illegal activities in the Eastern Mediterranean as well as its involvement in Syria, Libya and Azerbaijan. Turkey is an EU accession candidate country, but accession negotiations have been effectively frozen since 2018. In a separate resolution on Montenegro, MEPs will express support for the country’s path towards the EU as well as call on the new Government to focus on further reforms. Background The enlargement reports are the European Parliament’s response to the annual Commission reports <https://ec.europa.eu/neighbourhood-enlargement/policy/eu-and-western-balkans_en> on the candidate and the potential candidate countries for EU accession. Resolutions adopted in plenary represent the Parliament's official position as regards EU relations with these countries. Procedure: Own-initiative procedure 2019/2176(INI) Turkey, 2019/2173(INI) Montenegro Debate: Tuesday 18 May Vote result: Wednesday 19 May Press conference with the rapporteur on Turkey: Wednesday https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/agenda/briefing/2021-05-17/4/enlargement-meps-to-assess-situation-in-turkey-and-montenegro -- http:www.antic.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SERBIAN NEWS NETWORK" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/senet/032d01d747d5%242ef80010%248ce80030%24%40gmail.com.
