{"id":16514,"date":"2013-06-27T09:32:05","date_gmt":"2013-06-27T07:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/sala_stampa\/archivionotizie\/comunicati\/2013\/06\/20130627_turchia_bonino_ue-2\/"},"modified":"2013-06-27T09:32:05","modified_gmt":"2013-06-27T07:32:05","slug":"20130627_turchia_bonino_ue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/sala_stampa\/archivionotizie\/approfondimenti\/2013\/06\/20130627_turchia_bonino_ue\/","title":{"rendered":"TURKEY: The EU must not \u201cfreeze\u201d talks, says Bonino Chapters on rights and justice should be opened"},"content":{"rendered":"

The European Union cannot, and must not, \u201cfreeze\u201d negotiations with Turkey, nor can it give in to its instinctive reaction to adopt a harder and more closed stance in the face of events. For Turkey\u2019s accession negotiations, Europe should open not just Chapter 22 (regional policy) but also the chapters on rights and justice. <\/P>
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These were Foreign Minister Emma Bonino\u2019s comments in the Senate, as she illustrated the decision taken on by the European Union\u2019s Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) on Monday 24 June. As Minister Bonino underscored, \u201cWe need to keep the channel for dialogue open, otherwise we\u2019ll lose any opportunities for influence\u201d.<\/P>
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Foreign Affairs Council \u2013 Turkey\u2019s reaction<\/STRONG><\/P>
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The decisions taken by Monday\u2019s FAC in Luxembourg marked an important step that reflects the Italian position. \u201cAnd the compromise formula of a postponement until further discussion can take place in the autumn was also welcomed by Turkey\u201d, commented Bonino, referring to her recent telephone conversation with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu. The Premier, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, also appreciated the solution reached in Luxembourg. Europe\u2019s 27 foreign ministers avoided a stalemate and even countries initially opposed to opening the negotiation chapter accepted this step forward. <\/P>
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Turkey<\/STRONG> a strategic partner for Italy <\/STRONG><\/P>
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Turkey is a strategic partner for Italy, as Minister Bonino pointed out, with 1000 Italian companies operating there. \u201cStability in Turkey and anchoring the country more closely to Europe are essential for our investment and our economic interests. We need to declare this openly and transparently\u201d. <\/P>
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The European Union has opened Chapter 22 of the negotiations (regional policy) with Turkey, as Bonino reported. \u201cBut I observed that we should also have opened chapters 23 and 24, on justice and the fundamental rights, well before now. That would have been a more effective way to influence the Turkish government\u2019s policies and send a signal to the people who are demonstrating for their rights\u201d. <\/P>
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Cast light on episodes of violence<\/STRONG><\/P>
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Minister Bonino added that the Italian Government will continue to raise awareness in the Turkish Government to ensure that it fully investigates the events that occurred during the demonstrations, \u201cincluding cases of violence against women, which to date have not been officially confirmed\u201d. <\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The European Union cannot, and must not, \u201cfreeze\u201d negotiations with Turkey, nor can it give in to its instinctive reaction to adopt a harder and more closed stance in the face of events. For Turkey\u2019s accession negotiations, Europe should open not just Chapter 22 (regional policy) but also the chapters on rights and justice. These […]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[6,76,42],"class_list":["post-16514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-approfondimenti","tag-mediterraneo-e-medio-oriente","tag-ministri-precedenti","tag-unione-europea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16514\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}