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The Co-Chairman Mr LAGENDIJK Opened the Meeting at 15H10 EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT 58th MEETING OF THE EU-TURKEY JOINT PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE Ankara, 21-22 November 2007 MINUTES Contents Page 1. Adoption of the draft agenda 2 2. Adoption of the minutes of 57th EU-Turkey JPC Meeting which took place 2 in Brussels on 27-28 November 2007 3. Political situation in Turkey and the EU 2 Introductory statements by - the Turkish Government - the Presidency-in-office - the European Commission - the Rapporteur of the European Parliament 4. The Lisbon Treaty and its importance for Turkey's accession 9 5. Iraq and cooperation in the fight against terrorism 11 6. Any other business 13 7. Date and place of the next meeting 13 ANNEX: List of participants PV/721908EN.doc PE 406.738 1. Adoption of the draft agenda The draft agenda was adopted. 2. Adoption of the minutes of the 57th EU-Turkey JPC meeting which took place in Brussels on 27-28 November 2006 After an exchange of views the minutes were adopted with three modifications. 3. Political situation in Turkey and EU The Joint Parliamentary Committee heard a welcome address by Mr Köksal TOPTAN, speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, in which he focused on the importance of the Turkish accession to the EU. In particular, he pointed out to the foreign policy dimension of Turkey's membership, which would strengthen the EU´s role on the international scene. Also, he underlined that the accession process is not only about the modernisation of Turkish society and economy, but also about values Turkey shares with the EU. In this respect, he referred to the importance of the "Alliance of Civilisations", launched jointly by Prime Minister Erdogan and the Prime Minister of Spain, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, on the floor of the United Nations. Before concluding, the speaker stressed that only full EU membership is acceptable for Turkey as the goal of the current process. Following this opening speech, Mr Ali BABACAN, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chief Negotiator, addressed the committee on behalf of the Turkish Government. He summarized the efforts undertaken by the government on the road to accession since the EU Copenhagen Summit of December 2002, and reiterated that now the key issue would be to "digest" the reforms undertaken on paper. Referring to the 2007 political turbulences, he stressed that these demonstrated the deep culture and stable anchors of the Turkish democracy. He presented a picture of the development of accession negotiations since 2005, regretted political constraints imposed on the process by the Cyprus problem in spite of Turkish support for the Annan Plan and put emphasis on his expectation that the negotiations will go on along the principle of pacta sunt servanda. At the same time he recalled the plan of the government from April 2007 to realise all necessary reforms along an own timetable to the benefit of the Turkish people, without regard to the actual developments in the EU. Speaking about the currently prepared constitutional reform he assured the committee that other reforms would not be waiting during this work. The minister devoted the last part of his speech to the growing importance of Turkey in the broader Middle East. Mrs Renate SOMMER drew in the following questions-and-answers session the attention of the Minister to the role of women in Turkey and in particular to possible considerations of the government to improve the rights of women in the prepared constitution. Mrs Emine BOZKURT asked on the same topic whether any concrete projects would be planned in the short time, and added a question concerning the plans to finally reform article 301 of the penal code. PV/721908EN.doc 2 PE 406.738 Mrs Ria OOMEN-RUIJTEN wanted to know how to reach, in the Minister's opinion, progress on the Cyprus problem. Also, while stressing that Turkey's strength in the region would remain diminished by the poor Turkish-Armenian relations, she asked how the EU could help Turkey lift the blockade of the Armenian border. Answering these questions Mr BABACAN insisted that the real challenge as far as women rights were concerned was the implementation of amended legislation, ensuring that the real situation of women improves; in this regard the government would in particular focus on bringing education into poor families. On the question of the 301 he made clear that the government already had decided to change it, now it would be in the hands of the Parliament, who, as the Minister hoped, would deal with it as soon as the budget would have been adopted. Moving to the Cyprus issue he reiterated the good will of the Turkish side to resolve the problem and expressed his hope that 2008 would bring a significant step forward, provided this will was given on both sides. On the relations with Armenia he sketched out measures taken by Ankara in last years to help open dialogue with Yerevan. However, no dialogue could develop if linked to preconditions; it had to be up to historians to judge the past. Also, no parliamentary votes could establish what had happened nearly hundred years ago. Opening the second round of questions, Mr. Joost LAGENDIJK returned to the issue of the reform of Article 301 asking when exactly the government would intend to send the amendment to the parliament, and whether the government was in disposal of an analysis on reforms needed to fully guarantee the freedom of speech. Mr. Marios MATSAKIS appreciated the will of the Turkish government to intensify the confidence building measures on Cyprus and asked whether more could be done, in particular as far as the number of troops deployed on Cyprus were concerned. Mr. Richard HOWITT spoke highly of the reception of Hamas by the Turkish government and asked whether Turkey could play a stronger role in relation to Hamas. He also congratulated the government on the restraint it showed in reaction to PKK terrorism, but deplored the lack of progress in the area of Kurdish rights. Mr Vural ÖGER was interested in the cooperation of Turkey with the new ten EU Member States, potential strong advocates of Turkish accession. Secondly, he wanted to know whether Turkey had a strategy concerning the Turkish minorities in EU Member States. The questions of Mr Andrew DUFF were aimed to learn the timetable of the constitutional reform and to hear the Minister's opinion on the possible closure of the DTP. Mr Nils LUNDGREN inquired for the strategy of the government to strengthen the loyalty of the Kurdish population to the Republic while terrorism had to be fought. Mrs Eleni KOPPA focused her intervention on rights of and protection for religious minorities in Turkey. Limited by time constraints Minister BABACAN managed to answer only a part of the questions. On the issue of Article 301 he made clear that given the loud voices from PV/721908EN.doc 3 PE 406.738 within the EU who put Turkish accession into question and given that there was no clear accession timetable, any pressures from outside introduced rather additional obstacles for reform. Concerning Turkish troops on Cyprus he explained that their decrease could be part of settlement negotiations; unilateral withdrawal could not be expected. After the minister had left, the session continued with introductory remarks of Mr Yasar YAKIS, Co-chairman of the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee, who underlined the role of the JPC as facilitator of the Turkish accession to the EU. Therefore he reminded the Members of the agreement reached by the Bureau to pursue a constructive dialogue and not to give space to unconstructive criticism of partners. He appreciated the contribution made by the European Parliament to the Lisbon Treaty, which helped make the EU-Enlargement possible again. The Turkish side intended also to carry on the reform with determination and to contribute with its accession to the enhancement of the political and economic profile of the EU. However, the EU had to prove that it was not an introverted club based on cultural values. Mr Joost LAGENDIJK started with sharing his belief that Members came together to get to know each other better and not to convince each other. He continued with comments on the key political issues in current EU-Turkey relations: Turkey was expected to pursue the reform process as there was no excuse any more for delaying it. He assured the Turkish partners that a huge majority of the European Parliament condemned the PKK terrorism and understood that Turkey had to defend itself. However, no disproportionate military violence must be used. He appreciated the declaration of Prime Minister Erdogan that closing the DTP would be of no solution and stressed the importance of involving the Kurdish population into the political process. At the same time he made clear that the DTP had to distance itself from the PKK. The round of opening remarks continued with the contribution of Mr José Manuel de CARVALHO LAMEIRAS, Ambassador of Portugal on behalf of the Presidency-in- Office of the EU Council, who presented a picture of the recent developments in the negotiation process and summarised the key findings of the Commission regular report as far as expected reforms were concerned. He also appealed to the Turkish side to search for a broad national consensus on the constitutional reform. Mr Marc PIERINI, Head of the Delegation of the European Commission in Ankara, addressed the committee on behalf of the Commission. He elaborated on the implications of the recent Commission regular report and presented an overview of the assistance implemented in Turkey under the Pre-accession Instrument. In reaction to doubts expressed by several Turkish speakers concerning the final goal of the process and voices from within the EU putting this goal into question the Ambassador reminded the audience that the binding base of the process was the Negotiating Framework, clearly aimed at Turkish EU accession.
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