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CoE Commissioner Mujnieks+IPCAN Head Toubon to EF: Terror Suspects+Victims' Rights v. Police
*Strasbourg/CoE/Angelo Marcopolo/- In fact, it's on their main Duty to Protect Humanity against Barbarism, that conscientious Policemen have to Focus, Both when they must be Tough, Fast, Bold and Smart in order to Save Innocent People and the Society from Islamist a.o. Deadly Terrorist Attacks, and when they must Take Care to Avoid or Rectify on time eventual Abuses of the Powers that Society entrusts to them, agreed the Experienced Head of the IPCAN European Network of Human Rights Watchdogs on Police Activities, former Minister and currently Ombudsman in France, Jacques Toubon, speaking to "Eurofora" at the Conclusion of a Press Conference on a 2 Days Long PanEuropean Colloquy co-organized with the CoE on the Respect of Citizens'" Rights and Freedoms in the Context of Strengthening the Fight against Terrorism".
This rare event, including Police Watchdogs from several European States, Human Rights' Defenders (including from the EU and CoE, etc) and experienced Police Oficers, took place right in front of the ECHR's Building in Strasbourg, but also the Same Day that a New Terrorist Attack stroke earlier this Morning at London's Subway, making about 30 Wounded Victims, closely Followed also by 2 Knife and Hammer Islamist Terrorist Attacks in France against Police or Civilian Women in France.
Toubon, as well as COE's Commissioner on Human Rights, Nils Muiznieks, together with British and Danish Representatives of that unique "Independent Police Complaints Authorities' Network" (IPCAN), Replied earlier, During that main Press Conference at the CoE to a series of Topical "Eurofora"s Questions, Starting by one on the obvious, Today, need to Balance Both Terrorism Suspects', and Terrorism Victims' Human Rights adequately, in an "Increased Tension", nowadays, that CoE's Conference had earlier noted, between a Need to Protect, but also to Respect People, wondering how, concretely, a desired Extension of Independent Ovesight Authorities could practicaly help to Tackle this issue in the forseable Future :
(Recently, indeed, some Islamist Terror's Victims' Families had reportedly Criticized what they found as Lack of elementary Protection, f.ex. vis a vis ISIL's Deadly Attacks in Paris, at "Bataclan", on 2015, followed also by those at Nice, on 2016, etc. as well as in other similar incidents in Europe, as "Eurofora" reminded, citting also Articles 1, 2, 3 and 13 of the PanEuropean Convention of Human Rights, etc).
- Indeed, a Citizens' "Right to Safety", is something recognized "since Long", (f.ex. even since the French Revolution's Declaration of Rights, already as early as "since 1789"), and, "therefore, ECHR", in fact, Nowadays, "tries to strike a Balance between what is Necessary for that Legitimate Right to Security, and the Guarantees of the Fundamental Freedoms for all", as a matter of principle, President Toubon replied.
- "It's in this Framework, that we speak about the Rights of the Victims, f.ex. of the recent Terrorist Attacks, on which we have recently worked", Toubon, who is also France's Ombudsman or, alias, "Defender of Rights", added in his Reply to that 1st "Eurofora"s Question.
- "As far as it concerns, now, Police's Behavior, according to IPCAN's official Declaration, adopted Today in Strasbourg, those People who might Feel to have Suffered from ill-treatment by the Police, must be able to easily Present their Complaints, in order to be Examined by an Independent Authority", he stressed.
- "In addition, naturaly, to the fact that Courts are always available for eventual Criminal Sanctions", in both cases.
+ "Human Rights are, obviously, for Everybody, withOut Distinguising between Victims and Perpetrators, Guilty or Innocent", etc., in cases of Terrorism, and People's "fundamental Right to get Protection is a Fundamental Issue, also for all Society", went on to Add, in Reply to "Eurofora"s above-mentioned Question, also Brittish deputy Chairwoman of UK's Independen Police Complaint Commission (IPCC), Sarah Green.
- As far as "the Independent oversight of Police's Actions" is concerned, including States' Duty to found "Really Independent" Bodies, this still is, "an On-Going Challenge", Mrs Green went on to say. It's also "Important, in terms of Public Confidence", that "every day, we can prove, that any Investigation that we make, has an Added Value", she advised.
=> F.ex., Replying also to anOther, Specific "Eurofora" Question, on the Notorious Tragic case of an Innocent Brazilian Student, Jean-Charles Menedez (da Silva), a White Christian curiously, Erroneously Confused with an Arab Muslim Islamist Terror Suspect of Suicide-Bomb Attacks, and Brutally Shot and Killed by some London Policemen, Back on 2005, (i.e. just After the First Terror Bombings in London's Subway and in a Bus, which had just Killed or Wounded Many other Civilian People), Green found, in substance, that IPCC's Critical Investigations on that Blunder, even if they concerned an "Old Case", still were, indeed, "Worth Reflecting" on how to act in Recent Cases.
- Even if the situation might have become "Completely Different" nowadays, f.ex. during "the Recent Terror Attacks", we have found that it's better to "Work Closely" with the Police, "while Respecting our Boundaries", and that Tragic Affair had Helped to do a useful "Learning", she concluded.
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- Danish Director of the "Independant Police Complaints Authority" (IPCA) at Copenhagen, Kyrsten Dyrman, replying also to "Eurofora"'s Questions, stressed, in particular, that, one among the Main Conclusions of an "Evaluation" that we made, was that, "for the Danish People", the "Independance" of a Police Oversigt Body, as ours, was something "very Important".
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+ Returning back to "Eurofora"s Initial Question "about the Victims of Terrorism", CoE's PanEuropean Commissioner for Human Rights, Nils Muiznieks, replied that, at least, "Human Rights can Help them Not to become Doubly Victimized" :
- F.ex., at the South-East of Turkey, Ankara's Authorities had so much "Over-Reacted" to some Terrorist Attacks, that they had Destroyed a lot of Vilages, and Violently "Displaced many Hundrends of Thousands of People !", CoE's Commissioner Denounced.
- But, "according to a Human Rights approach, any Reaction has to be Strictly Proportional to what is really Needed", Muiznieks reminded, as a matter of Principle.
- Therefore, Human Rights can Help also Victims of Terrorism, Not to be "Dually Victimized", he concluded.
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IPCAN's next Bi-Annual Conference is due to take place on 2019 in the UK, announced, in fine of Today's Press Conference, President Toubon.
And it's due to Focus on the Need to Build "Trust" between the Police and some Communities, he added.
I.e. an issue on which, at least as far as it concerns the recent Deadly Islamist Terrorist Attacks targetting innocent Civilian Peopla are concerned, the above-mentioned Opposition between "Humanity and Barbarism" (Comp. Supra), could certainly he Helpful, Toubon agreed with "Eurofora".
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EU Steps up its Criticism v. Turkey's unpopular EU bid, but Postpones Decision after German Election
*Strasbourg/Angelo Marcopolo/- Closely Related to a Crucial Debate on Europe's foreseeable Future, launched Today in EU Parliament's plenary by EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker (See Infra), Both a MEPs' Majority and EU Commission, during 2 Days in Strasbourg, advanced Further in Criticizing even Stronger than before, Turkey's UnPopular EU bid, pointing mainly on persisting and aggravating Massive Human Rights Violations and Democratic Regression, (etc), to which were Added, recently, even a Deadlock on Cyprus' ReUnification UN efforts, (as Ankara, inter alia, refused to withdraw its Invasion/Occupation Army when a Solution might be agreed, and Insisted on Unilateral Military Intervention Claims also in Future), but Also manifold Turkish Provocations against Germany, after the Netherlands, Austria, and other European Countries, including Scandals about Attempts to grossly Spy and/or Interfere in their Internal Socio-Political affairs.
But, nevertheless, Curiously, Both many MEPs and EU Commission's President, at the same time, practically chose to Postpone any Decision whatever on Turkey, for After the Crucial, forthcoming Elections in EU's Biggest and Richest Country : Germany...
Indeed, EU Commission, despite Juncker's Warnings towards Ankara, appeared quite Vague on Concrete immediate and/or Future Consequences, and most MEPs yielded to a Controversial push to Postpone Voting any new Resolution on Turkey for their Next full Plenary Session, at the Beginning of October in Strasbourg, while, the German Elections are notoriously scheduled for the 24 of September.
A similar Transfert of Decisions-Time for the End of October in Brussels, as far as Heads of State/Governments are concerned, reportedly was the outcome of an Exceptionaly "Hot" Criticism of Turkey's UnPopular EU bid, meanwhile, in the only Public Debate between the 2 Frontrunners in those German Elections, former EU Parliament's President Martin Shultz, for the "Socialists", and Chancellor Angie Merkel, for the ChristianDemocrat/EPP, earlier this Month.
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Converging recent Polls, however, Both in Germany, and also in Many Other key European Countries all Together, clearly reveal a Growing and particularly Big Majority of EU Citizens Widely Opposed to Turkey's controversial and unpopular EU bid, Asking to put an End to EU - Turkey full "Accession" Negotiations, to Block relevant EU - Funding for Ankara (Costing Billions € in Grants), Drop previous attempts for "Visa-Free" status to 80 Millions of Turks who Claim to Freely Enter and Stay in the EU at elast 6 Months Each Year, and Stop EU - Turkey "Customs Union" Extension plans, etc. So that any Democratic EU Politicians have to take that seriously into account.
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Today, EU Commission's President, the Experienced former Prime Minister of Luxembourg and f. €uroGroup's Head, Jean-Claude Juncker, was Often Applauded by MEPS when he took the Initiative to present a very Important Overview on the way that Europe's situation does and/or should Advance Nowadays and in the Foreseable Future, up to the forhcoming, Crucial EU Parliament's Elections of 2019, and well Beyond (f.ex. up to 2025, etc).
Juncker was very much and often Applauded by a large Majority of MEPs, particularly when he spoke about the Recent progressive Amelioration of EU's Economy, and was also Applauded by most Mainstream Groups of MEPs (Hopefully soon Backed by a Growing Number of EU Citizens) when he Highlighted a series of Concrete and quite Ambitious Proposals for Future Advances in the European Integration, from €uroArea and Digital Technologies, Defence, etc., up to the Election of one Unique EU Leader for the Commission and the Council, (including an Interesting part on EU Citizens' potential Contribution, both Before and After 2019, on which "Eurofora" will return, in Detail, asap).
But, when Juncker rightfuly Urged MEPs and EU Member States to "Catch the Wind" Nowadays in Europe's "Sails", (as he characteristically stressed from the Outset, but also towards the Conclusion of his Landmark Speech on "the State of the Union" Annual 2017 Debate in EU Parliament in Strasbourg), it was Also Obvious that Europeans Need to Know the Horizon (i.e. the kind of Society) towards which is Directed their Boat...
And this, obviously, Includes, serious Topical Issues, such as, also, the UnPrecedented Recent Mass Asylum Seekers/Irregular Migrants Giant "Tsunami" through Turkey, and Ankara's controversial and UnPopular EU bid, (etc).
it's also a Fact which canNot be Ignored, that the more or less Strong Applause that Juncker generally got from MEPs throughout his presentations, Suddenly, either Lacked or became vague and Uncertain, sometimes Openly Contested, Sortly Afterwards, even by his Close Political Allies, particularly on 2 Controversial Points, (both Out of his Personal ChristianDemocrat Experience, notoriously Focused on Socio-Economic and Top Political Issues, towards Areas partly entrusted to Socialist EU Commmissioners and/or from quite Different Geopolitical coordinates) :
- The First was when, concerning the earlier, UnPrecedented Sudden Giant "Tsunami" of about 1,5 Million of Mass Asylum Seekers/Irregular Migrants tresspassing in Europe through Turkey on 2015, in Addition to More than 720.000 who also arrived on 2016, as he noted, he Added, i.e. "3 Times More in Europe than in the USA, Australia and Canada, taken All Togeher", (sic !), (Beyond those who are in process of arriving in the EU duing this Year of 2017), even "22.000" more "from Turkey", etc., together with another "40.000" from "Libya and Neighbouring Countries", that EU Commission was "in the process of Re-Installating" among several EU Member Countries, according to a notoriousy Controversial "ReLocation" program.
=> Suddenly, an Exceptional Full Silence in EU Parliament's plenary Followed the very Frequent Applause which had, on the Contrary, Welcomed various Other Juncker's Statements on Other aspects of Facing Mass Migration Issues, (f.ex. "Huanitarianism" vis a vis Real persecuted Refugees, the Need to Boost the "Return" of "Irregular Aliens" for whom it was attested that they didn't have any Right to Enter and/or Stay in Europe, etc), until then...
And that sudden and rare Silence among MEPs became even Longer, when he EU Commission's President was curiously pushed to add, immediately after, also anOther Controversial Claim that "Europe (would be) an Ageing Continent", so that this would have become "one more Reason" in order to "Give her a Legal System of Migration", as a matter of "Absolute Necessity"...
This is added also to anOther, Strange Claim, that someone, apparently pushed Juncker to adopt, withOut carefully checking the Real Facts, according to which, if EU "Managed to Stop the Inflow of Irregular Migrants" (from "Eastern Mediterranean"), "cause of Great Concern in Many (EU) Countries", it would be (only) ..."Thanks to the (Controversial) Deal concluded with Turkey" (sic !), cited alone !
It's Not Surprizing that an Absolute Silence, instead of the ususal "Applause", followed that Inaccurate point : Because Many Facts (from Official UNHCR and OMI Data) have clearly Revealed that, in Reality, it was the Closure of Western Balkans + Mittel-Europa Borders, by several European Countries, (such as Hungary, Austria, Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, FYROM, etc), which had Already Succeeded to Sharply abd Spectacularly Cut the Flow of Mass Asylum Seekers/Irregular Migrants comming through Turkey, Long Before that Controversial EU - Turkey Deal, notoriously extorted from Brussels by Ankara via "Blackmail", Later Started to enter into force, (See, f.ex.: ... + ..., etc). Repeatedly, mainstream German Newspapers, and even EU Council, (etc), have Admitted that Fact, (initially Discovered and Published by "Eurofora" from May 2016).
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But when it came at Turkey's controversial and unpopular EU bid, things became more Tricky :
- Initially, Juncker was naturally Applauded, when he Strongly Criticized Ankara's Regime, inter alia, particularly for Massive Human Rights' Violations, including against Free Speech, in Addition to recent "Insults" against Important European Countries, (as f.ex. Germany, etc). This was, spontaneously, Extended Further when he Concluded that, given EU's "Priority" for Respect of "Rule of Law, Justice and Fundamental Values", in consequenve, "this Excludes EU Membership for Turkey !".
+ But, when MEPs realized, just a Few Seconds later, that someone had sliped in Juncker's Speech also a Controversial Sentence which Resticted his Initial Stance vaguely - ..."in the Foreseeable Future", then, things Changed...
Indeed, added just after announcing that further EU Enlargement to (unnamed) other Countries might take place during the forthcoming period of the Next EU Commission, between 2019-2024, (i.e., by a Coincidence, ...exactly during the Years that Erdogan has notoriously earmarked for pushing Turkey's controversial and unpopular EU bid !), this inevitably left some Worrying Question Marks...
=> Therefore, f.ex., experienced, mainstream French ChristianDemocat/EPP MEP Francoise Grossetête, while Praising Juncker for Most Other Statements he made Today, on the Contrary, immediately Singled out that Controversial Point, cited above, and pointed at that "Unique Flat" sound, about "Excluding an eventual (EU) Accession of Turkey <<for the Time being>>. (Because) for me, the (EU's) Door Must be Definitively Closed !", as far as Ankara is concerned, Top MEP Grossetete sharply reacted.
This was preceded by relevant Statements from the President of the Biggest Political Group in EU Parliament, that of ChristianDemocrats/EPP, Manfred Webet from Germany (CSU), who, inter alia, Critically observed, "on the Debate about Legal Migration", that "we have to be Frank : Do we really think that More legal migration to the EU will solve the illegal migration problem? (F.ex.) -How many Africans do we invite to come to Europe? .... On behalf of my Group, I think that, First of all, we have to bear in mind the Millions of Young Europeans who at the moment have No Jobs. We canNot say to them that we are Opening the Door for More legal migration, when they themselves have No Jobs !"...
- Concerning the Recent Years' Deadly Islamist Terror Attacks also throughout Europe, includig Germany, (f.ex. at Berlin, Stuttgart, Hamburg, Wupertal, etc. this year 2017 alone, But even More in London, Birmingham, Barcelona, elsewhere in France, Finland, Russia, etc), EPP's Chief observed the Fact that, Nowadays, "Many People are Afraid".
- He Rightfuly pointed out, however, that, in fact, "it is Not a Conflict between Christians and Muslims", Contrary to what some claim, (risking to provoke negative Divisions), But, in reality, "a Conflict between Humanity and Barbarism !".
Curiously Forgetting, however, to also Note the Obvious Fact that, in Addition, some Shady Lobbies have been, Recently, Systematically exerting Pressure in order to Widely, Rapidly, and Deeply Spread around a rampant "Islamization", Never Seen Before in Any Modern European Counry, (Sometimes even Exploiting ISIL's Deadly Terrorist Attacks for that purpose), with a lot of Foreign Money coming from Abroad (f.ex. Saudi Arabia, or even Qatar : recently Accused by the USA, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Jordany, etc. to "Fund Islamist Radicalisation" up to "Islamist Terrorism" itself), and manifold Other Foreign Influences, (f.ex. Turish Goverment's power over DITIB's "Imams", etc, revealed by a recent Scandal in Germany), an UnPrecedented Mass Migration, even Irregular, particularly of Heavily and recently "Islamized" Populations, Christian Minorities of the Middle East being curiously rather Excluded, (espcially when "Filtered" through Turkey), a stange extremely Rapid Multiplication of various "Mosques" imposed almost Everywhere in Western Europe, the also Rapid, recent Emergence of more Dangerous than before Socio-Cultural "Ghettos", f.ex. in the UK, Belgium, Germany, France, etc, which Spectacularly Alter, only in a Few Years, the whole Historic and Cultural Image of many Cities in certain Key EU Countries, too often with Groups which do Not even Wish to be "Integrated" in a European Culture, (as even ...certain Experienced "Socialists" from Sweden have recently acknowledged to "Eurofora", following also Denmark's earlier experience, etc).
That's obviously an undeniable, strange New Fact, which canNot be Totally Ignored, since, Otherwise, it Risks to be Exploited by real "Racists" and/or other various Provocators eventually Seeking to Divide People and steer Conflicts, instead of promoting Socio-Cultural Cohesion, Peace and Stability in Europe.
+ Weber was, appareently, more Crystal-Clear on Turkey's controversial and unpopular EU bid : - "Turkey is moving even further Away from our European Values. We want a Good Relationship .... But Turkey canNot be a full Member of this EU- Not Today, and Not in the Future ! This is why this Membership Procedure must be Stopped", he urged, (with a Difference, however, from those MEPs who notoriously Want to "END" that process, once for ever).
- In Wider terms, Both on these and other Topical Issues, "we Need to Defend Europe's Identity !", Weber concluded.
+ He Questioned, therefore, "Why ... dear Jean-Claude Juncker, the EU Commission's response was Hesitant" on Turkey, as he observed (Comp. Supra).
The Reply could, probably, be that Juncker might have Felt Obliged to Mirror Not just the View of his own, ChristianDemocrat/EPP Group, but Also of Other mainstream Political Parties.
Indeed, even the German "Socialist" Party's program, (with its No 2 Politician being from Turkey), Repeatedly pleaded for Turkey's Accession into the EU, and, if its 2017 Electoral Candidate Martin Schultz (former EU Parliament's President) suddenly declared, only a Few Days ago, that he would be in favor of "Stopping" EU - Turkey Accession Negotiations, this seems, a priori, to be Limited Only at a Provisionary Halt, and Not at a Real End...
=> Significantly, the President of the "Socialist" Group in EU Parliament, Italian MEP Gianni Pittella, preferred Not to say the Slightest Word on Turkey, this time, (at least not Before the Crucial, forthcoming German Election)...
- He only Asked to "Open up" More "Legal Channels" "for Migrants".
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- On the Contrary, speaking on behalf of the "Conservative" Group, Brittish MEP Syed Kamall, pointed out, Critically, that, at least "When it comes to their Concerns over Migration" and/or "Security", "our Citizens tell us" that "they Prefer an EU that Complements their National ...Governments, Not seek to OverRule them", as he said.
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- "Freedom and Direct Democracy" Group President, Brittish MEP Nigel Farage, also Critically pointed out, (after Finding that Juncker's Speech was "Open" and "Honest", but also "Worrying" for him, as he said), that "If you (EU Commission) had given (to former Prime Minister) Cameron concessions, particularly on Immigration, the Brexit vote – I have to admit – would Never ever have happened !"...
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- As for Austrian MEP Harald Vilimsky, speaking on behalf of the "Nations and Freedom" Group (Rightists), he Warned against bringing completely down "all the Internal Borders", because he felt that "tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, Millions of Africans and Arabs are pushing on our (European) Continent", including "Soldiers of Fortune and Terrorists", as he said, obviously Exagerating a delicate problem :
- F.ex., "The Bataclan-Bombers came to Europe through that way", he reminded. So, "Trivialize this, is a real Security Threat to all (European)Citizens", he Criticized.
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+ Meanwhile, during a Special Debate on Turkey, EU Commissioner in charge of Enlargement and Neighborhood, Johannes Hahn, evoked a "Very Difficult" EU - Turkey "Dialogue", "most Recently ...on 25 July (2017) in Brussels", where "the High Representative (Mogherini) and I made it Clear to our Turkish counterparts that there is an Urgent Need for the current Trend to be Reversed, If we want our reciprocal Engagement to be Sustainable", as he Warned Ankara.
- "This goes for the Domestic situation, with continued dismissals, suspensions and arrests, but Equally so for bilateral Relations between Turkey and some EU Member States", the competent EU Commissioner pointed out.
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- French MEP Gilles Lebreton, on behalf of the "Nations and Freedom" Group (Rightists), called to "Urgently Stop Turkey's Accession Negotiations with the EU" : - A "conclusion" that even German Chancellor "Mrs Merkel has just adopted", he noted.
- Greek MEP Georges Epitedios, on behalf of the Independent MEPs, stressed that "the EU should make it Clear that it's Not going to accept Turkey as its Member", but, on the Contrary, would prepare "a Special Relation between EU and Turkey" for the Future.
- On behalf of the ChristianDemocrats/EPP, German MEP Renate Sommer urged too make it Clear that Turkey's controversial and unpopular EU Candidacy "Must End", since Ankara's accession "is Not going to Happen" at all, while, even "the Customs Union", "canNot Expand at this moment".
+ And she Called for "Economic Sanctions" against Turkey.
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- For the "Socialist" Group, German MEP Knut Fleckenstein, evoked a kind of "De Facto Termination" of EU - Turkey Accession Negotiations, and asked to "Suspend" them, as well as to "ReDirect the (EU) Money Away from the (Turkish conservative) Government, but Towards the People", as he said.
+ As for EU Council's position, he found that "Clarity will come After the (German) Elections" only...
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- On behalf of the "Conservative" Group of MEPs, Bulgarian MEP Angel Dzambaski, found many Reasons for "these (EU - Turkey accession) Negotiations to be Terminated".
- "At last", in Germany, the Frontrunners, "Merkel" and "Schulz", "Heard such Calls, and Repeated" alike : So that, "Hopefuly, that wouldn't only be just a Pre-Electoral Promise, But should be Implemented ... after the (German)Elections", he urged.
+ The representative of the "Conservative" Group also Asked for EU "Sanctions on the Turkish Government".
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- Speaking for the Group of the "Left", Greek MEP Costas Chrysogonos, stressed that "Turkey's Accession" to the EU "has become Impossible", and "that's why EU Parliament has asked for the Interruption of accession negotiations".
°+ "This also means that, in consequence, EU's Financial Aid for pre-accession, Must be immediately Interrupted", and "Stop", he added.
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- As for Polish MEP Janusz Korwin-Mikke, on behalf of the Independent MEPs, he prefered to Focus on "Turkey's main problem, which are the Kurds", by launching a Call for the EU to push for a Deal allowing "the Kurds to get Autonomy", (as in Iraq, Syria, etc).
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+ Meanwhile, however, even the Images of various Imprisoned Dissident Journalists in Turkey, which had been Recently "painted" on Strasbourg's pathway between the ECHR and COE's main Building (by Free Speech International NGO "Reporters without Borders", with the Call : - "Free Turkish Journalists !"), were provocatively and odiously Targetted and Vandalized by anonymous Aggressors, as "Eurofora" found out, and the attached Photos clearly prove :
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>>> Last, but not least, in these Times of "BREXIT", what would be EU's foreseable Future, in this regard ?
- Will EU accept to Lose Great Britain, which undeniably is an Historic and Developed European Country for Thousands of Years, but get ... Turkey inside, a Geographically, Culturally, Economically and UnDemocraticaly Middle-East/Central Asian shaky conglomerate dated Less than only 1 Century (1923-2017) and surrounded by Syria, Iraq, Iran, etc. ?
- Or will it, perhaps, practically, give to Both London and Ankara a ...Similar Legal Status of some kind of "Association" vis a vis the EU in Future ?...
=> In order to timely and adequately Prevent such Blatant Absurdities, If the Franco-German EU's "core", Together with many Allied EU Countries, is Serious about its alleged Political Will for a "Multi-Layer" but "Uni-Center", ConCentric European Architecture,
then, such Key and Topical, "Hot" Issues should be clearly and seriously Debated, also in Public, including Both Politicians and EU Citizens, starting already by the Present, crucial Electoral Campaign in Germany his Septembert 2017, (comp. Supra), and going on with Wider and Further in Depth Analysis and Developments all the way towards the Forthcoming May 2019 European Elections, which are apparently due to have, in one way or another, a Decisive Role on determining Europe's present and Future, before it becomes too late for all involved.
Can Europe Avoid for much Longer a long-awaited Debate on its Future overall Architecture and various Strategic Relations with its Different Neighbouring Coutries ?
The Right Reply can only be a Crystal-clear "No".
Inter alia, Also Because the so-called Turkey Problem is Not Only a Foreign Affairs Issue, but, affects, in Fact, also Many Important aspects of EU Citizens' everyday Lives, as well as of the European Society, Democracy and its very Identity, as well as Human Rights, Culture, Mass Migration, Level of Development, etc.
This became even more Obvious Today, f.ex. when UKIP's Historic Leader, Main Inspirator of the "BREXIT", and President of the "Freedom and Direct Democracy" Group of MEPs, Nigel Farage, reminded to Juncker the Fact that If EU had made some serious "Concessions" to former UK Prime Minister Cameron about the Mass Migration, back on 2015-2016, (i.e. precisely when Turkey had Triggered an UnPrecedented, Giant "Tsunami" of 1,5 Million Mass Asylum Seekers/Irregular Migrants suddenly Tresspassing inside Europe through a Mafia of Smugglers and some Shady Complicities), then, the "BREXIT" would Never had Won that UK Referendum !
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was the 1st to Openly and Officialy Ask for an "EU-wide Debate on the Future of Europe", as Part of a Compromise, (Together with the Blockade of 5 Chapters in EU - Turkey Negotiations, which were considered Synonumous with a Full EU Membership), in order to Curb, in exchange, his Initial promise to Stop any EU-Enlargement related Move with Ankara, already Back on August 2007. Sarkozy had promised that, after 3 "NO" to EU Referenda for a European Constitution, in France, the Nethelands and Ireland, etc., (mainly Motivated by EU Citizens' Refusal to Accept Turkey's Controversial EU bid).
But Controversial former EU Commission's President José Manuel Barroso from Portugal, (currently USA's "Goldman Sachs"'s employee, and, notoriously, someone who had Never Believed that Europe might Become at least Equal to the US), after having Pushed Hard for such a Compromise, Finaly, Later on 2010, Scandalously Betrayed that Deal, after Restricting such a Pseudo-"Debate" only into an Obscure "Committee" working Behind Closed Doors, Headed by "Socialist", former Prime Minister, Gonjalez from Spain, notoriously pro-Turkey EU Accession fan, and Monitored by a Manager with a Blatant "Conflict of Interest" Problem, since he was ...Paid by Turkey, as a precariously Hired Professor at an Istanbul University, (etc), which, Inevitably, Resulted into a Report ...pleading the so-called "Advantages" of Turkey's unpopular EU bid, into which, its authors did Not see Any Problem at all, (Comp., f.ex. : ...).
For that purpose too, it seems Interesting to consider New French President Emmanuel Macron's recent Proposal, inter alia, also to Start EU-Wide Public Debates on Europe's Future, Open to Massive Participation of EU Citizens, including Critical view points, in view of a Necessary Overhaul to Re-Structure the EU, on the Base of New Foundations, according to Decisions due to be taken from the End of 2018, (i.e. Applying a Key Part of "Eurofora"s Original and Wider Idea to Boost Public Debates with EU Citizens Before Important EU Decisions affecting their Lives and the Society in which they live : Comp. 2006 - 2017 relevant Publications, in Fact preceded by a Initial Collective Project named "EIW" that we had Officialy presented to EU Commission, as Early as since 1997, that Brussels had accepted to Examine in the context of EU Program "ESPRIT" for the Development of Innovated Social Uses of Modern Telecommunication Technologies).
Macron initialy proposed a Brief Highlight of the above-mentioned Variante since his 1st Public Meeting, that he had Chosen to make here in Strasbourg, on October 2016, before making a much More Explicit Presentation, just a few Days Ago, this September 2017, during a landmark Speech symbolicaly made in Greece, at Acropolis' "Pnyx", where Direct Democracy had been Historicaly Invented and realy Practiced already since the Times of Ancient Civilisation in Europe, (See, f.ex.: http://www.eurofora.net/newsflashes/news/macronatthehistoricsourcesofdemocracy.html).
The French President's main Motivation has been, apparently, much More his notorious Wish to Boost particularly €uroArea's further Institutional Development, in the foreseable Future, but the general Formulation that he chose now, and its real Potential, are obviously much Wider.
In the Meantime, "Eurofora" had also some, Brief but Interesting, Occasions to exchange with Experienced German Top Politician, Many Times Minister of Interior and recently of Finances, Wolfgang Schäuble, a Solid Merkel's Ally from Nearby Offenbourg, particularly on the foreseable Need to actively Involve and Motivate EU Citizens with Public Debates, repercuted by adequate, Modern European Medias, precisely in order, at least, to make Important Breakthroughs in much needed further EU Integration at €urozone's core, (f.ex. around 2012 and 2014, as well as 2017, etc).
By a Timely and Positive "Coincidence", just Yesterday, Tuesday, September 12, 2017, in Strasbourg, the New EU Parliament's President, experienced former Twice EU Commissioner, Top MEP and Foreign Minister, Antionio Tajani, a ChristianDemocrat/EPP MEP from Italy, making a Landmark Speech in the Plenary about his Policies in view of the Crucial forthcoming 2019 European Elections, appeared to Advance even Furhter in the Direction of "Eurofora"s Project, particularly by Promising to Boost EU Citizens' adequately Free Access to EU Parliament for Debates with MEPs who need to Consult the European People Before Taking Important Decisions, (Comp. : ...).
As for the Experienced Secretary General of EU Parliament, Klaus Welle, another former ChristianDemocrat/EPP Officer, who has presented a relevant Draft Report a Few Years ago, he had also Positively Discussed such Perspectives with "Eurofora" in at least 2 Occasions in the Recent Past, (See, f.ex.: ... + ...), giving a RDV, precisely, from 2017, with the New EU Parliament's President, in view of the current Preparations for the Crucial forthcoming EU Elections of 2019.
Relevant Discussions had also Started by "Eurofora" with the New EU Parliament's Communications' Director, Jaume Duch-Guillot, exprienced former Press/Medias Director for many Years, particularly in relation with the notoriously need to Curb and Reverse a sudden Massive Abstention of EU Citizens in EU Elections, (which had notoriously Appeared since 1999, i.e. practically since the Controversial and UnPopular Turkey's EU bid had Started), inter alia also around 2009 and 2014. Duch was just appointed as EU Parliament's Director of Communication, with competences extended also vis a vis EU Citizens, since February 2017.
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So, to put it in a Nutshell, could the Problems of Turkey's controversial and unpopular EU bid, at least, serve EU's Wider Need to Revitalise its Democratic process of main Decisions-Making ?
Even Biological over-Millenary Evolutions have notoriously taught that, in Nature, ofen a Real Need, finally Creates a New Organ... So, why Not also in the (much More Appropriate for that) Historic Development of a Society, like that of Europe and its Public Institutions ?
However, at any case, it Must be Crystal-Clear what is Really at Stake here :
- Because, in Fact, Turkey's Initial (and perhaps, Only Real) Motivation for Asking to be accorded a Status of "Candidate to EU Accession", was, in the Past, Not so much to reall Become a Full EU Member, (something that, at least, If someone inside the EU woulc become So Crazy as to Offer that to Ankara, obviously the Latter would Not Refuse...), But much More, if not, Exclusively, ... to Get EU Money !
>>> Indeed, "Eurofora"s co-Founder has Personaly Witnessed, (as well as Several Other Europeans and Americans present, then, to the Following Event), Already as Early as since 1999, i.e. Shortly Before the December 1999 EU's Summit at Helsinki (Finland) officially declared Ankara as a Candidate for EU Accession, (with all the Negative Consequences that EU Faced, since then, f.ex. the 3 "No" to Euro-Referenda in France, the Netherlands and Ireland, between 2005-2007, up to the Current serious Problems, etc), the Following, Incredible but Real, Exceptional Event inside EU Parliament in Strasbourg :
- While the Plenary Session was Ending and most People were Leaving, on the Contrary, a Small Number of Key People gathered, Discreetly, at a quite Isolated, Far Away Room, located at the Madariaga Buildings, (i.e. at the Other Side of the River, near the CoE). There, in Addition to EU Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee MEPs, were then present also an Exceptional Delegation from USA's Congress and Senate, (Back on 1999, i.e. still during the "Socialist"/Liberal Presidency of Clinton/Gore, with Bill and Hillary, etc).
- Suddenly, a New Paper, of just a Few Pages, emerged, out of the blue, and it Started to be Distributed among the various Participants, including "Eurofora"''s co-Founder : Curiously, Before it arrives to us, someone had Taken off its Last Page ! The Document was a Copy of a Text attributed to the Turkish Government, and Addressed to unnamed EU Officers, (apparently MEPs).
>>> The main thrust of its Content was to Complaint for the Fact that, during the 1990ies, All EU Funds earmarked for Turkey had been Blocked by Conditions, put by MEPs, on Human Rights, Democracy, Recognition of Armenian Genocide, Cyprus Issue, the Kurdish Issue, Turkish Threats against Greece at the Aegean Sea, (etc), that Ankara was UnWilling to fulfill. Therefore, all this Money risked to be Lost for Turkey, (particularly after almost a Decade of being "Freezed" : 1990-2000), Unless a Radical Change occured on Time.
Such a Change could Not be merely a New Ordinary EU Funding Program destinated to Ankara's regime, because that, also, Risked to be Blocked by Similar Conditions put by MEPs through EU Parliament's Votes, as in all other cases until then (1999). Thus, what was Needed was Something absolutely Differend from what had been already done in the Past, i.e. a Fundamentaly Different, New Program. This Financial Breakthrough could be obtained by ... (At this Crucial point, that Text had been brutaly Cut, by curiously Destroying its Last Page : Comp. Supra. But it soon became Obvious that what Ankara's Government was Asking, was fo urgently Give to Turkey a Status of Candidate to EU Accession, for the 1st Time in History ! While that had been, on the Contrarty, Refused f.ex. to Morocco, just a few Years before then, because EU had found that its "was Not a European Country").
=> Therefore, in Fact, the Turkish regime had been Seeking, right from the Start, above all, a Way to Get EU Money withOut having, really, to meet Any substantial Condition, (on Human Rights, Peace, Recognition of Heavy Crimes, Widrawal of Invasion/Occupation Troops, Cease Brutal Oppression of Minorities, etc.: Comp. Supra). I.e., Precisely as Ankara did, since 2000, i.e. After the December 1999 Helsinki EU Summit took that Controversial and UnPopular Decision to officialy Give to Turkey a "Candidate" Status...
Which, by the way, Provoked, subsequently, the Most Serious Institutional and Socio-Political Blockade in EU's History, Starting with 3 "NO" to Referenda on an EU Constitution (2005-2007), Spread of an UnPrecedented Populist "Euro-Scepticism" (2002-2017), even "BREXIT" (2016), etc.
Indeed, it's also a Fact that, f.ex., Farage managed to Suddenly make Grow the Number of UKIP's MEPs from Only 2 in the Past, to More than ...19 (now 20), and Create a Groop of MEPs to Chair in EU Parliament, only when he got the Idea, back on 2009 European Elections, to Base UKIP's Campaign on the Headline Moto : - "No to Turkey's Accession into the EU !", (see relevant Tracts, Placards, Web Publications, etc)...
And, Similarly, Back on 2015-2016, UKIP's unforgetable Placard during the Campaign for the "BREXIT" Referendum was simply a Photo of a Huge Mass of Thug-looking Individuals, (who Did Not Look, Nor Behaved at all as Traditional Families of Real, Genuine Refugees seen in the Past, Many Times in History), Suddenly "Invading" Europe through Turkey, (which Obviously Abused some blatant Complicities and/or Naiveties inside certain EU sectors), Socio-Culturally and Financially "Selected" by a "Mafia" (as even German Chancellor Angie Merkel recently Denounced) of mainly Turkish Smugglers, etc, Provoking all the UnPrecedented serious Problems witnessed almost Everywhere throughout Europe, since then, (with the Only Exception of those EU Member Countries which really Refused, until now, to Accept that in their National Territory, as Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic, etc), such as Aggravation of Islamist Terrorist Attacks, Brutal Sexual Harassment against Thousands of even UnderAge Girls and Women, including several Rapes, even of Young Boys (f.ex. in Austria, Greece, Germany, etc, even with Victims Other, Real Refugee Children, f.ex. from Serbia, etc), Housing, Schooling, Abrupt Islamization and Socio-Cultural "Ghettos" suddenly popping up to the Detriment of Poor and "Fragile" People's Neighbourhoods at too Fast pace, and Other subsequent Problems or Threats withOut equivalent precedent in the known Past, provoking manifold Popular Reactions from France, Austria, Hungary or Germany, up to the UK, Denmark, etc., and Even inside Scandinavian Countries, however Traditionaly "Open" to Real Refugees in their long History, (f.ex. Sweden, Finland, Norway, etc).
Once again, the Turkish Regime, notoriously Exploited such a Blatant and UnPrecedented Abuse, in order to Oblige Europe to promise even More Money : + 3 Billions, in Full Grants, € Each Year, including 2018, and various Other Things, (see, f.ex., "Free Visa" Claims, etc), at a Shady Meeting Behind Closed Doors inside a never seen before Brussels' landscape Exceptionaly Deserted, with All Public a.o. Transports massively Blocked, etc., seriously Threatened and Hit by Deadly Islamist Terrorism, Back on 2015 and 2016, with Turkey exerting an Obvious "Blackmail" against Europe :
Something that even the Center-Right, Experienced President of the ChristianDemocrat/EPP Parties, Joseph Daul, (Long-Time Chairman of the Biggest EU Parliament's Group of MEPs), openly Acknowledged and Explicitly Denounced (as a blatant Turkish "Blackmail"), inter alia also at a landmark Speech in Strasbourg's University at the Beginning of March 2016, practically at the Eve of a Controversial EU - Turkey Deal on Mass Asylum Seekers/Irregular Migrants through Anatolia, (See, f.ex.: ...), - that, Meanwhile, the Protection of Borders by European Countries throughout the "Western Balkans' Route" and in "Mit-Europa", had, i, Fact, Already Started to Rapidly render superfluous and partly useless, (See UNHCR + OMI Facts at: ..., +..., Afterwards , at least partly Acknowledged even by Mainstream German Press, as well as the EU Council in Brussels, etc., See relevant Facts at : ... + ...).
So that German Chancellor Angie Merkel's recent observation, in substance, that, in Addition to National and particuarly Collective European Efforts to come soon in order to, at last, put an End, or Otherwise Bypass the Growing Problems provoked and/or threatened by Turkey's controversial and unpopular EU Bid, Europe should also, and More Rapidly, rather Decide to Stop Spending and Wasting so many Funds for Ankara's growingly anti-democratic regime, might prove to be quite Adequat and Efficient, in real practice.
Particularly Nowadays, when even Culturaly and largely Geographically, as well as Historically European Russia, notoriously Faces so Many "Economic Sanctions" Today, not only for serious, controversial moves, but also at the slightest Pretext, (sometimes even without new pretext !), while, on the Contrary, Turkey has Not yet faced Any Sanction at all !
Indeed, it's Difficult to Imagine what Sanctions would have faced Russia, in such a context, IF Moscow's Government had done as Turkey does :
F.ex., by Claiming Endless Unilateral Military Invasion/Occupation "Rights" inside an EU - Member Country ; practically Refusing to Withdraw its Military Troops even from Occupied Territories which, for Many Thousands of Years in History, had Nevet Belonged to it, but to Other European People, Massively Expulsed and Hindered to Return Back Home ; furnishes Arms and massively allow Years of manifold Logistic Support, Recruitementr,etc. to Deadly Islamist Terrorists systematically Targetting innocent Civilian People, as f.ex. ISIL, etc.; Threatens anOther EU Member State with War if it exploits its Natural Reources located in its EEZ according to International Law of the Sea, and systematically multiplies Dangerous Military Airplanes' intrusions at that EU Member State's Airspace ; Destroys Many Villages and Violently Displaces many Thousands of People from an Oppresses Minority ; Suddenly lets go more than 1,5 Millions of Mass Asylum Seekers/Irregular Migrants, through its Territory, towards Europe, Not only from Syria and Iraq, but also from Pakistan, Aghanistan, Magreb and other African Countries, practicaly Selecting some Heavily Islamized Groups, but Dissuading or even Excluding Christians and/or Qualified People, prefering Thugs or even Criminals (including Repated Offendres, Deadly Islamist Terrorists, etc) as several Mainstream UK + US Medias revealed ; Massively Dismisses and/or Persecutes, and/or Arrests many Tens of Thousands of various Political Dissidents or Critics, such as Civil Servants, Teachers, Judges, Journalists ; Organises Systematic and Massive Spying on Dissidents, Critical Journalists, etc., even Inside EU Member States, where it Interferes by Massive Public Rallies, and Calls to Vote for some, but Not Other Political Parties in the National Elections of Important EU Countries; (Etc+)...
>>> Is it really Credible for the EU to again and again, Multiply various "Sanctions" against Russia, while, on the Contrary, at the Same Time, continuing "Accession Negotiations" with Turkey, and still Paying 1 Billion € in full Grants per year in pre-accession "Aid", added to 3 Billions € each year for Ankara's promises to Curb that UnPrecedended "Tsunami" of Mass Asylum Seekers/Irregular Migrants that Turkish Smugglers suddenly threaw against Europe from 2015-2016, obviously exterting a sly "Blackmail", ... Despite Turkey's considerably Worse Behavior ?
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EU Chief BREXIT Negotiator Barnier to "Eurofora": -I Think we'll reach a Deal Before 2019 Election
*Strasbourg/EU Parliament/Angelo Marcopolo/- Despite recent concerns by some that Bumpy EU - UK Negotiations on BREXIT might drag their feet Longer than a March 2019 Time Deadline, nevertheless, EU's Chief Negotiator, Michel Barnier, Replying to a Question raised by "Eurofora", Today in EU Parliament in Strasbourg, expressed his clear Belief that a Deal "Will be Reached on Time".
His BREXIT statements were followed, later this Evening, also by other, Relevant statements made here by Parliament's President Antonio Tajani, (See Infra/UPDATED).
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- "Eurofora" had Asked Barnier if an EU - UK Deal on BREXIT might be really reached adequately Before the Next European Elections (scheduled for May 2019), in view of which, EU Citizens are due to Debate and Vote on some very Crucial topical Issues on Europe's foreseable Future.
- "Normaly, Yes !", was Michel Barnier's 1st, spontaneously Positive Reaction.
+ But, when "Eurofora" asked to make it Crystal-Clear if he Believed Today that it was Really Feasible to do so, or not, he became More Specific :
- "I Think that We Shall Do it !", EU's Chief Negotiator added in reply, affirmatively.
Michel Barnier is particularly Well-Placed in order to Appreciate the current Chances for doing so, since he Personally Combines a Rare Threefold relevant Experience : Both at EU-level, as twice former EU Commissioner, as well as Top MEP in EU Parliament, and at a Key National Goverment level, as many times Minister in France (for Foreign Affairs, Agriculture, Environment etc), but also at a Specific EU Elections' level, as f. Coordinator of the Biggest PanEuropean Political Party, that of Center-Right's ChristianDemocrats/EPP for the Preparation of the Latest European Elections of 2014.
(Comp., f.ex., various Barnier Statements to "Eurofora"'s co-Founder, at Many Different Occasions in the Past, f.ex., among others, also at ... + ..., etc).
+ He also revealed, earlier, that "Recently", he "Feel(s) that the Negotiations are Working More Seriously", contrary to a previous Pessimism.
++ Concerning the Possibility to eventually agree an Extension for a "Transitional Period", Beyong the 29 March 2019 Time Deadline, Barnier, while Not Exluding that, a priori, however Sharply reacted, previously, by Pointing out that, as a matter of General Principle, such "Transitions have to be Short !"
Meanwhile, "Eurofora" was told also by EU-experienced French, independent but Insider sources, that, regardless if there might, perhaps, be the slightest Legal hypothesis for eventual "Transition" periods on any Substantial Issue, or not, Neverheless, there would "Not" be, at all, "Any Political Will" (from the EU Side) to do so.
+ Barnier, speaking to an Exceptionaly Overcrowded PanEuropa (EPP) Meeting in EU Parliament, earlier Today, attended by Many Important MEPs, where "Eurofora" was Invited, revealed the Personal but Interesting Fact that, when he Voted "for the 1st Time in (his) Life", it was, Back on the early 1970ies, in a Popular "Referendum" FOR the Acceptance of UK's Accession, as Full Member, into the EU...
Brittish Prime Minister, Theresa May, has reportedly been Invited and accepted to Speak and Debate about BREXIT prospects also in EU Parliament, but its BREXIT-Coordinator, Liberal Group's President and former Prime Minister of Belgium, Guy Verhofstadt, just asked from May to extend her agreement for Debate also to Other MEPs, and not only with Political Groups' Presidents.
EU Parliament's President, Antonio Tajani from Italy, (an Experienced, former Twice EU Commissioner, Foreign Minister, as well as f. EU Parliament's vice-President), speaking, Later-on Today in Strasbourg, reminded that MEPs (who Must Vote on any EU - UK Deal on "BREXIT") had mainly "3 Concerns" : About EU (and UK) Citizens residing at each other's area, about the Borders to Ireland, and on UK's Financial obligations.
However, it's Certain that we shall have also to Find a Way to Associate the UK with the EU for the Future, because there still are a lot of areas in which We must Cooperate in Europe, (f.ex. on Security, Trade, Science-Technology, etc), he added.
Tajani also made it Clear that "EU Parliament intends to Closely Follow the EU - UK Negotiations on BREXIT right from October" 2017.
At least from that point of view too, ... Time seems to be Short, since EU Parliament exceptionaly holds 2 next Plenary Sessions in Strasbourg during October 2017, the First Starting as Soon as, already, from Next Month's Day 2..
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Merkel v. Islamist Terror, for Safety,Freedom+Live Well Together,Strong EU, eve of 9/11, in hit City
*Reutlingen (Germany)/Angelo Marcopolo/- It's at the Eve of 9/11's Anniversary, (for the 1st time with an US President having expressed Doubts on New York WTC's Collapse after 2 Hi-Jacked Planes hit it on 2001), and Speaking at a German City earlier struck by Deadly Attacks with a Manchette by a Muslim Alien hired at a Turkish "Kebab" Shop linked with Islamist Networks (See Infra), that Chancellor Angie Merkel Strongly Denounced, at least 3 times, "Islamist Terrorism", promising to Applauding People to care for their "Safety" as a "Priority Aim", while also Protecting their Peaceful "Living Together" and basic Democratic "Freedoms".
She would probably not have found a Better Symbolic Place than Reutlingen, Eve of 9/11, for People's Vital Need to Ensure, precisely, that "Stability", "Security", "Good and Happy Life", that Merkel Promised them Today in her Speech (See Infra)... Briefly saluting "Eurofora" a.o. with a Bright Direct Smile from the outset of her entry, she Succeeded to Electrify the People gathered here, who lively welcomed her as their leader.
While Many converging Polls, (both in Germany and Other Big European Countries), clearly reveal that the Recent Irregular Mass Migration, (mainly through Turkey, but also, partly, through Libya, etc), reached an undisputed 1st Rank among People's Concerns Nowadays, (f.ex. 48%, compared with Only 18%-20% for Social Justice/Education alone, etc), Merkel reiterated that an initial acceptance of Mass Asylum Seekers "from Syria and Iraq" on 2015 through Turkey had been motivated mainly by "Humanitarian" considerations, But Fustigated those "Mafiosi Structures" of Smuggling and Human Trafficking operating there, as she Denounced.
- And she firmly Promised to "Protect People against Criminals", as she stressed, widely Applauded.
Indeed, various Critics (both in Germany and the rest of Continental Europe, as well as in the UK, etc) have Complained for Manifold, more or less Harsh Consequences to the Detriment of mainly Poor or Middle-Class Citizens' living conditions allegedly provoked by that UnPrecedented, Sudden Massive influx of Non-European and Heavily Islamized 1,5 Million of Aliens through Turkey etc., (f.ex. not only on Security, but also on Schools, Health services, Housing, every-day life, Socio-Cultural Cohesion, etc), Scandalously Exploited particularly by some "Illegal Structures" as Merkel denounced repeatedly.
As long as massively Displaced People are obliged to live f.ex. with "Less than 1$ per Day", f.ex. "in Lebanon, Jordany or Turkey", Europe should help them there, as well as "Provide Help to Economic Development in Africa" etc., pointed out the German Chancellor, while, at the same time, acting to "Replace Illegal Structures" of Mass Asylum Seekers/Irregular Migrants, with "Legal structures", in Cooperation with International Organisations such as "the UNHCR, the OMI", etc., Merkel proposed, obviously referring also to a Recent big EU - African Countries' Migration Summit held in Paris, (Comp., f.ex.: http://www.eurofora.net/newsflashes/news/euafricamigrationsummitandturkey.html).
+ In parallel, German JHA Minister, De Maiziere (CDU), a Merkel's-Faithfull, has just Criticized the Delays and/or Obstacles put by Courts to Expulsions of Irregular Migrants whose Asylum Demand has been Rejected, while also Calling to rapproach Germany's Social Aid to Asylum Seekers with the Level of what is provided also in Other EU Countries, in order to Prevent attracting Mass Migrants motivated by Money etc., according to Press Reports.
Concluding, Merkel promised mainly "Stability and Security" in the foreseable "Future" to Applauding People, speaking at the City of Reutlingen, which was hit on 2016 by a Bloody Attack with a Long Knive ("Manchette") brandissed by a bearded Syrian Asylum Seeker who Brutaly Killed at the Street a Poor Woman, European Immigrant from Poland, that worked in the same Turkish "Kebap" Shop as he did, (apparently linked to more or less Radical Networks, f.ex. by being Cited in Islamist Web Sites, by proposing ..."Religious" Discussions, Hiring Staff with unusually Long Beards and other Islamic Look, making open Propaganda for Turkey, etc), and Attacked with that Long Knife about 5 more People at random, (including an Old Couple, even a ...Police Car !), before being arrested.(See, f.ex.: http://www.eurofora.net/forum/index.php/topic,804.msg1074.html#msg1074 , etc).
The Tragedy was followed by Reactions from the Prime Minister and the Foreign Minister of Poland, as well as by a Demonstration led by the Polish Community in Germany at the Location of that Brutal Murder, (a Narrow Street near the Main Bus Station, still full of Fishy-looking, Shady Individuals, even Today, as "Eurofora" Witnessed personaly on the spot), added to a "Storm" of "Tweets" and Other Social Medias' various Publications at the Web, (Astonishingly Harassed by Systematic Trolls obviously seeking to Grossly Disrupt any serious Public Debate on those Bloody Knife Attacks, as Many Documents clearly indicate : A Similar phenomenon to that Later witnessed even to anOther, apparently Islamist Terror Deadly Attack by a Bearded and Knifed Individual, curiously running from one Turkish "Kebab" Shop to another, at nearby Heidelberg earlier this year : 2/2017. Comp. f.ex. https://twitter.com/angemarc3/status/836247770738614278 ).
++ Such Tragic Incidents were Not Isolated at all, including at this Baden-Wurttemberg's region Länder, as attested, Last Week at nearby Friburg City, the Opening of the Trial of the Killer of Young Student Maria Ladenburger (19 y.o.), who was cowardly Attacked, Brutalized, Raped and atrociously Murdered by a Mass "Asylum Seeker" Thug from the Middle East, (precisely the kind of People that both Herself and her Father, an EU Commission Staffer in Brussels, used to Help !). Scandalously, the Killer was a Persistent Offender : He had already Aggressed, vainly attempted to Rape, and Brutaly Thrown over an 8 Meter High Fence, Down to an adjacent beach, another Young Girl, at Corfu Island, in Greece, Wounding her Seriously, just Before arriving in Germany. For this 1st Crime he had been Arrested, Judged and Condemned to Prison, where he served in Jail for a Few Years, before being curiously let Free, Earlier than normal, and even Allowed to Enter Germany withOut ever Informing the Berlin Authorities about his Criminal Record, so that he Cheated, Pretending to be an ...Underage "Child" of only 16 Years old, Receiving special Financial and Social Benefits while, in fact, he was Aged "at least 22 Years", according to 2 subsequent Medical Tests. His private Social Medias at the Web revealed a Horrible, Atrocious Personality, typical of Too Many petty Thugs Massively Imported in Europe by Turkish Smugglers from 2015-2016, as had Revealed from the outset several mainstream American and British Newspapers' Investigations, with original Interviews on the spot, at the Turkish Coast of the Aegan Sea facing the Greek Islands at EU's External Borders, followed by a Damning Secret Report of EU Institutions in Brussels, leaked to the German Press by "Die Welt" etc., which Denounced the Fact that the Turkish Authorities had Systematically chosen to send to Europe the Worst and more Dangerous Elements, very Difficult or Impossible to really Integrate in European Culture and Society, while, at the same time, Hindering Qualified, Educated People, and/or Real Political Refugees from joining the EU, (in Addition to Christian Minorities, who, Terrorized by the "Heavy Islamist Agenda" brutaly Imposed at the Turkish "Camps", and Seeking to find Refuge Elsewhere : f.ex. in Lebanon, Jordany, and even at far-away .. Armenia !).
+ In Addition to those Facts, Recent Revelations about Turkish Government's alleged Support to various Islamist Armed Groups, (including even some "Al-Queda"-like, as well as "ISIS" Atrocious Deadly Terrorists, cowardly Targetting Innocent Civilian People, including inside Europe, the USA and various Other Countries), were Strongly made, on the Base of Documented Proof, Both by the Government of Russia, (using also Satellite Images, etc), and by fugitive Dissident Journalist Dundar (former Editor of "Cumhurriyet" Newspaper), in Statements made to "Eurofora" already from 2016, but also in a New, Original Video-Reportage, Published for the 1st Time earlir this Year (2017) at a special event in Strasbourg's Socio-Cultural Cinema "Odyssee", where he Criticized the Blatant Contradictions of the current Turkish Government's Claims, desperately attempting to Cover-up f.ex. the Expedition of Lorries full of Hidden Missiles towards the ISIS' Occupied Territories of Syria.
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- Angie Merkel pointed out that when she had been pushed to broker a Controversial Deal with Turkey on Irregular Mass Migration, Back on 2015, (during a quasi-Deserted Brussels' Sunday, where, Exceptionally, all Public Transports had been Suspended, after a Series of Deadly Islamist Terrorist Attacks), it was also with the main Intention to Stop Turkish and other Smugglers from Extending even further their sordid (and often Deadly) Mass Trafficking of Migrants from Islamized areas of Asia or Africa into Europe. Nevertheless, Official UNHCR and OMI Data clearly Reveal that: - (A) - The 1st real "Stop" to that Massive Influx from Turkey was realized thanks to an Earlier Closure of Borders at the Western Balkans' Route towards Central Europe, by a series of European Countries, (Hungary, followed by Serbia, Croatia, Austria, Slovenia, FYROM, etc. See : ...). - (B) - Recently, the Influx of Mass Asylum Seekers/Irregular Migrants through Turkey towards Europe, has again re-Started to Sharply Grow, quite Fast, anew, even on August 2017, (See: ...).
It's in this Context, that, according to the Latest Polls, published just 2 Days Earlier (7/9/2017) by mainstream ARD-TV, more than 77% of the German People want to Stop EU Funding to Turkey, and 84% believe that Turkey should Never enter into the EU at all. A clear Absolute Majority of 61% also asks to Drop EU Accession Negotiations with Turkey, according to ZDF-tv, while the wish for Economic Sanctions on Ankara grows up to 80%.
=> EU Parliament's experienced President of Budget Control Committee (COCOBU), German ChristianDemocrat/EPP MEP Dr. Ingeborg Graessle, speaking to "Eurofora" on this Topical Issue, observed that Germany would have to speak also with Other EU Member Countries in order to definitively ensure a possible End to Turkey's Controversial and UnPopular EU Accession Claims, as Chancellor Merkel recently declared in a TV Debate with her Socialist competitor Martin Schultz, former EU Parliament's President, (Comp. latest Schultz's Reply to an "Eurofora" Question at EU27 Summit's Press Conference in Bratislava, Slovakia, on September 2016, at : ...). Meanwhile, for the Time being, what could and should be done is, most probably, to Stop the EU Funding, not of the Controversial EU - Turkey Deal on Mass Asylum Seekers/Irregular Migrants (3 Billions € per Year in Grants, until 2018 included), but rather of Ankara's UnPopular EU "Accession" Claim, (i.e. about 1 Billion € Each Year, in full Grants), she pointed out.
A Debate is, indeed, scheduled in EU Parliament about Turkey Next Week in Strasbourg, but the relevant Resolution has been, Curiously, Postponed for ...October 2017, i.e. After the crucial forthcoming German Elections !
Meanwhile, Socialist SPD Party's leader Martin Schultz made an UnExpected, sudden "U-Turn" on Turkey, during a Recent TV Debate with German Chancellor Angie Merkel, where he practically Droped his own Party's Electoral Program (Adopted last June 2017), traditionally in Favor of Turkey's controversial EU bid, as well as of Socialist Foreign Minister Gabriel, etc., in order to suddenly Claim to "Stop" the UnPopular EU - Turkey "Accession" Negotiations.
This appeared immediately acceptable to Merkel, since such a Move met her own initial Position, with which she had Brillantly Won the 2005 Election and Became, Since then, Chancellor of Germany for 12 Years (2005 - 2017). However, she also said that such a move would need a Wider Agreement also by many Other EU Member States, promising to Raise that Issue asap, i.e. at the forthcoming EU Heads of State/Government Summit in Brussels, on October (too... Comp. Supra). The German Chancellor does not seem to want to Block EU "Dialogue" possibilities with Turkey, as she said, preferring, rather, to try to impose Financial Sanctions, (See above).
As for SPD's Schultz's own Real Stance, it doesn't seem so clear as it looks at first sight : Indeed, (as some Medias noted) he might, eventualy, refer simply to a Clause existing in all EU Contracts with any Candidate to EU Accession, practicaly Warning that Serious and Widespread Violations of Human Rights, Democratic Principles and Freedoms, could Trigger a kind of Provisionary "Halt" of EU - Turkey Negotations, so that the Pre-Accession process might, eventually, Resume at Any Moment in the Future again...
Moreover, recently, various, more or less obviously "Bogus" Attempts to attract People's Votes to some UnPopular Mainstream Parties and/or Politicians, against Rightist Parties' strong Criticism of Turkey's controversial and UnPopular EU bid, by Pretending that even those Mainstream Parties of the Establishment (particularly "Sociaists", etc) would have become ...suddenly Critical on Turkey, were Repeatedly made f.ex. in the Austrian Presidential Elections of December 2016, in the Dutch Parliamentary Election of Spring 2017, etc., as well as Nowadays, at the German Presidential Election of September 2017, (Comp. Supra),
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+ Resolution against Turkish "DITIB" Islamist Network, Adopted by CDU's 2017 Annual Congress for the Federated State ("Länder") of Baden-Württemberg :
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+ However, the situation at the Grassroots, among EU Citizens and at the Base of Political Parties, including Mainstream Parties, (as, f.ex., that of CDU at Baden-Württemberg's Region), looks more and more "Hot", as far as the Turkish regime is concerned, and this is reflected not only in the above-mentioned Polls in favor of putting an End to Turkey's Controversial and UnPopular EU bid, (Comp. Supra), but Also on various Other Important matters :
F.ex., after the Recent Scandal on Turkish Networks of "Imams" allegedly "Spying" on People (including Journalists, etc) systematically even inside Europe, in Addition to a Similar task by Turkish "Consulates", etc., a Strong Draft Resolution had been Tabled at this CDU's Annual Congress 2017 :
- Prepared by the ChristianDemocratic/EPP Party's Section of the Capital (and Biggest) City of Baden-Wurttemberg's Federated State (Länder) : Stuttgart, that Draft Resolution, First of all, Revealed and/or made clearly Known, the Scandalous Fact that, under a Previous, "Socialist"-led Regional Administration, (Ousted by German People's Votes at the Latest Regional Elections), the Controversial and UnPopular Turkish "DITIB" Association, (notoriously Chosen and Appointed by a Turkish Minister abroad, had been entrusted with the Responsibility to ..."Teach" even at Public "Schools" of "Baden-Wurttemberg's" State !
Obviously it "Teached" Only "Islam", observed that Draft Resolution, tabled by CDU Party's section at Stuttgart, which "Call(ed) upon the Government of the Länder to rule Out (Outlaw) the (Turkish) DITIB Association from Teaching ... at Baden-Wurttemberg's (Public) Schools".
>>> It's in order to make it Clear that there "canNot be any 5th Column of Ankara inside the German State !", Warned the Suttgart Section of the CDU Party.
- This is "in view of the (Recent) Findings about DITIB, (Comp. Supra), and the current Situation in Turkey", the Final Version of that Draft Resolution Explained, reminding the Turkish Network's role to "Spy" on Dissident People or Critics in Europe, in Addition to the Brutal Mass Violations of Human Rights in many Hundreds of Dismissals, Arrests, Prosecutions, etc, inside Turkey itself.
However, an Obscure Bureaucratic "Request Commission"'s attempt to Water-Down that Draft Resolution, by Amending it in a way which Erased the crystal-Clear demand to Exclude the Turkish "DITIB" from Teaching in German Public Schools, Remplacing it with a Vague "call for a fundamental critical Review (sic !) of the cooperation with ..DITIB", apparently Provoked a Confusion among CDU's Members during Today's Votes. But that did Not Hinder, finally, its Adoption by this CDU's Annual Congress here.
Such a Topical Move (to practically Free German Public Schools from any attempt of Foreign Interference by the Turkish Government), apparently Helped also to Boost the Popularity of CDU's New Minister of Education and Culture in Baden-Wurttemberg, Suzanne Eisenmann, who received, soon Afterwards, a Record-High Support for her Election to the Party's Collective "Presidency", with more than "91%" of the Votes : the Best score of all !...
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This wasn't also without any relation vis a vis Islamist Terrorism, since the Recent Deadly Attacks Targetting innocent Civilian People f.ex. in Berlin, last Winter 2017, and/or more Recently at Barcelona, on August 2017, (etc), clearly Revealed the Existence of Dangerous Links between sly Networks of "Radicalized Mosques" and Brutal Killings, etc, (Comp., f.ex., at : ..., etc).
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+ Merkel on Post-BREXIT Europe : Strong enough to Protect People from Islamist Terrorism + International Crisis
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- And German Chancellor Angie Merkel's Speech at CDU's ParteiTag in Rutlingen Today, clearly Stressed that, in Fact, "our Struggle Against the Islamist Terrorism" Needs a "Strong Europe".
- Because "Islamist Terrorism" is an "International" phenomenon, "as we've (recently) seen f.ex., also in Barcelona, Paris, Brussels, London, and Germany", she reminded.
+ And we need also a Europe Able to Protect us vis a vis various Regional or International Crisis currently multiplying around us, such as, f.ex., the Russian-Ukranian Conflict, the Clashes in Syria and Iraq, as well as the Libyan Conflict, etc., she reminded, while also Calling for "Solidarity" with "our European Partners".
- Merkel added that she "Regrets" UK's Decision for "BREXIT", but "respects it". However, the EU's other 27 Member States are Able to boost a "Strong" and "Important" Europe in the World, Both in Political and Economic terms, at the foreseable Future, the German Chancellor ambitiously Highlighted.
- For that purpose, it's Nowadays of crucial importance for "Europeans to be United Together", she urged.
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+ CDU/CSU Head at EU Parliament, MEP Caspary to "Eurofora"
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=> Summing up Chancellor Merkel's main point, the New Head of the German Governing Party CDU/CSU's MEPs at EU Parliament, ChristianDemocrat MEP Daniel Caspary, from nearby Karslruhe, stressed to "Eurofora", particularly, that: - "The Time for InFight has Gone !"
- I.e. "Europeans" should now Stick Together", and, "United", Advance Forward, he reiterated.
- In particular, "We have, First, to Win this Fight !", Caspary urged, pointing at the Crucial, forthcoming German Election of September 24, 2017. And then, Start Preparing the May 2019 European Elections; he Agreed with "Eurofora".
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- Merkel had, earlier Today, pointed from the outset to the Fact that, just "15 Days before the Vote", these 2017 German Elections, Crucial for all Europe, are Now on the "Final Sprint", as Baden-Wurtemberg's just re-elected CDU Head, Thomas Strobl warned. Prospects are Good for her Governing ChristianDemocrat/EPP "CDU/CSU" Party of the Center-Right, but Nothing is Decided before the Voting Day of September 24, she Warned. (Reportedy observing, later-on, her intention to plant those Seeds of Flowers which were distributed as a Symbolic Gift at the Local CDU's Congress Today, only After the forthcoming Elections)...
- Thus, Merkel, who is expected to play an Historic role, both for Gemany in itself, and for all Europe, even the World, if she Wins also these 2017 Buntestag Elections, (the 4rth in a Row, since she Started, back on 2005), appeared, in fact, rather Careful, when she evoked the foreseable "Future".
- "No Experiments with the Future !", she advised in conciusion. F.ex., leave it all to an eventual "Red-Red-Green" coalition, (i.e. Leftist and Ecologists), would be very "Bad", she Warned.
- On the Contrary, it's mainy on "Stability and Security" that Merkel Focused for a Future which could be ensured much Better "with the ChristianDemocrats" (CDU/CSU), as she promised in fine.
- She had earlier Opened her Speech by Pointing to "Stability, Security, Continuity, and a Future where People can live Well and Happy", according to the "Moto" chosen for these 2017 Parliamentary Elections.
- In this regard, Angie Merkel boasted that more than "5 Millions Workplaces (Jobs)" had been Created "during 12 Years" of her Chancellorship (2005 - 2017), withOut raising more Taxes, (Contrary to "Socialists"'while, previously, her mentor, the Historic German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, had ensured the "ReUnification" of Germany and, subsequently, of Europe.
- And this was done with a Modern "Germany Respecting basic Human Rights and Democratic Freedoms", while also saveguarding an elementary "Social Justice", she highlighted.
=> Nowadays, it's mainly "Digitization", from Industry and Telecoms, or Schools, up to Social Networks and Expression of Opinions, etc., which should attract most "Investments" and "Research" allowing to "Think the Future", and eyeing "New Hights" of "Innovation", particularly via "Europe", Angie Merkel underlined.
+ Another "Strong Point" are "Families", she stressed, including also "Family Values", as, f.ex., Solidarity between Elders and Children, Together Both "in Good, and in Bad Times", as she said, Widely Applauded by the People.
Promising also more "Social Justice", f.ex., with a "Minimum for Existence", more Financial Support to Families and Children", as well as "Childrens' Rights", more "Kindergarden" places, "Social Security", etc., so as to Help boost "Equal Chances" and "the Future of Families", in the context of a "Social Market Economy", Angie Merkel warmed a motivated Audience here, which had placed a poster on "Respect for Family Values" at the Most Visible place of that Meeting, and symbolicaly offered to Members, Journalists and Guests, Flower Seeds to plant and cultivate for the foreseable Future...
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BW = a "Special" German Lânder for Europe ?
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Strasbourg's 1st "Neighbour", Baden-Württemberg Federated State's main Original Characteristics, apparently Fit well several among Merkel's remarks, (f.ex. on Digitization, Europe, Families, Economy, ST. Research, etc)-
It's true that also Bavaria currently holds the Presidency of EU Parliament's Biggest Political Group, that of ChristianDemocrats/EPP, with Manfred Weber, (comp. f.ex. one among many Weber's Replies to "Eurofora"s Questions, recently at : ...). And Lower Saxony hosts former EU Parliament's President, currently Adenauer Foundation's Chairman, Hans Gert Poettering, (comp. various Poettering's statements to "Eurofora", f.ex. : ..., etc), as well as David McAllister, new Chairman of EU Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee, etc. While at neighbouring Rhineland-Palatinate, the Lânder's CDU Chief, Julia Clockner, twice elected as the Most Popular Vice-President of the Party Nation-wide, and possible Successor to her Friend and Ally Angie Merkel Further in the Future, according to developments. (Etc).
But it's a Fact that Baden-Wurttemberg currently has the German EU Commissioner in Brussels, Gunter Oettinger, (See Oettinger's various Statements to "Eurofora", f.ex., at : ...); EU Parliament's 1st vice-President Wieland (ibid) ; PanEuropean CoE Assembly's ChristianDemocrat/EPP Group of MEPs' President, Axel Fisher ; the Chairwoman of EU Parliament's Comittee on Budget's Control, Ingeborg Graessle ; the Head of Governing Party CDU/CSU MEPs at EU Parliament, Daniel Caspary ; etc.
CDU's President in Baden-Wurtemberg, and JHA Minister at the Länder, Thomas Strobl, twice Stressed, speaking, just after his Re-Election, at a Press-point for Journalists, including "Eurofora", that - "We are Working on European Issues in a very Good Cooperation with MEPs such as, f.ex., Caspary and Wieland, as well as others".
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+ Strobl also observed, in his Speech to CDU Congress, that BW "Exports into the EU More than Any Other Länder" throughout all Germany : F.ex., "out of 5 Cars produced here, 4 are Exported into the EU, and Only 1 is sold inside Germany !", he pointed out.
Is it, perhaps, only a pure "Coincidence" that also its Neighbouring French "Alsace"/"Great East" Region, at the Other Side of Rhine river, is too an exceptional Number 1 Exporting area in France ? (See: http://www.eurofora.net/newsflashes/news/frenchministerdriandigitalaftergermanelecton.html)
++ Concerning "Digitization", Strobl, (who is also BW's Minister in charge in that area), Boasted that this Länder "has More Invested for the Internet, Than Any Other" in the Country, Adding recently also 1 Billion € more. From "Electric Machines", through "Industry", up to "Internet" in a "Digital World", BW's "Digitization Strategy" has boosted that "Issue as No 1", and aims, f.ex., to Spread Internet throughout All the Black Forest area, until the Last Village, as he promised.
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BW's Universities, such as Heidelberg, Tubingen, Freiburg and Karlsruhe, as well as Stuttgart's etc., are among the Best, while, concerning Schools, its New Minister of Education and Culture, Suzanne Eisenmann, is among the Most Popular Figures (Comp. Supra).
Both Germany's powerful Federal Constitutional Court, and its prestigiou Highest Administrative Court, are located in BW's Karlsruhe city. (I.e. between Strasbourg's ECHR, and Luxembourg's ECJ)...
Last, but not least, BW's "Black Forest" Natural landscapes are so valuable that they had been selected, when Germany was holding EU's rotating Chairmanship, back on 2007, as Number 1 Natural Sight-seeing publicized at Berlin's Official EU Presidency Website. Near the Black Forest is also Europe's Biggest Lake of "Constance", (shared with Switzerland), as well as Europe's 2 most Important Rivers : Rhine and Danube.
(Etc).
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Schäuble Energy
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Practically Concluding the 2017 Annual Congress of BW's CDU Party, the experienced German Minister of Finance, Wolfgang Shäuble, focused mainly on the "Policies for the Next Years" (2017-2021), in a context of "Stability, Democracy and Rule of Law", "at a Globalized World", as he stressed.
- Despite some's "Scepticism" about that unavoidable "RDV with Globalisation", which is "a Reality", Schâuble called to Focus mainly on "New Technologies".
Citting from ..."Pope Francis", up to... the Turkish President "Erdogan", (whose controversial Claims against Europe he Criticized as "Unacceptable"), Schauble also stressed the Need to find adequate Solutions to the issues of Mass "Immigration and Integration".
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- Pointing towards more "Growth in €uroZone", he noted that it's with ChristianDemocrat Policies in Europe that Greek, Portuguese and Spanish, Economies are recently heading out of the red, (after Ireland and Cyprus), largely applauded.
He characteristically Chose for Final Words : - "European Commitment", Together with a Call to Struggle, during the "Next Years", against "the Demagogues", as he called his political adversaries.
Having succeeded to make also People smile, several times, with a keen sense of Humour, Schäuble appeared very Energetic, and received an Apotheose from a Standing Ovation by his Faithful fans.
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EUROCORPS German Presidency (2017-19) Spokesman to EF on Drones use: Not scheduled, but Nor Excluded
*Strasbourg/Angelo Marcopolo/- During the incoming German Presidency of EUROCORPS for 2 Years (9/2017 - 8/2019), the use of Drones, announced Earlier this week by the New French Defense Minister Florence Parly, is Not yet Scheduled, but Neither Excluded, replied, in substance, to an "Eurofora" Question that European Army's Press Spokesman, Lieutenant-Colonel Kirchenbauer.
He spoke shortly after a Change of Command, from the out-going Spanish Lieutenant-General Alfredo Ramirez to the in-coming German Lieutenant-General Jürgen Weigt, Earlier this Morning, but before the forthcoming German Election of September 24.
Meanwhile, Parly, concluding French Army's Summer 2017 meetings, had Announced that France intends to Start using Drones Both for Surveillance and for Armed Operations, but always under Human and not Robotic control for the respect of Rules of Engagement.
The move is due to Start, at Short Term, by using USA-Bought "REAPERS" Military Drones, (particularly for Wide Areas such as around Sahara, etc), but is due to unfold, Later-on, with the Creation of European Drones, as she said a few Months after a Franco-German Inter-Governemental Summit in Paris, chaired by President Macron and Chancellor Merkel, who Highighted various Decisions and prospects also on Joint Projects for New Defence Equipments.
The New EUROCORPS' Commander, General Weigt, took over his duties at a ceremony symbolically held in EU Parliament's Headquarters in Strasbourg, as a Senior Officer had Warned "Eurofora" during a Press Conference by Top MEP Arnauld Danjean, EU's Rapporteur on Security /Defence Policy, and Experienced former President of EU Parliament's relevant Committee, now Heading its Delegation for NATO, (who had, then, Replied to other Topical Questions raised by "Eurofora" : Comp. http://www.eurofora.net/newsflashes/news/topmepdanjeanonsecuritydefenseandbrexit.html).
EU Parlament has repeatedly and Strongly supported EUROCORPS' prospects at the Core of EU's Defence Policy, which is notoriously due to be Boosted Nowadays soon, particularly after the recent developments about UK's "BREXIT" and in accordance with the Strategic Decisions just taken by the Latest EU Heads of State/Government Summit on June 2017 in Brussels, (Comp. "Eurofora"s NewsReport from the spot).
EUROCORPS, Headquartered in Strasbourg, has as "Framework" Nations France, Germany, Spain, Belgium and Luxembourg, but also Poland as a New, evolving Member, while Many Other EU Countries have posted "Liaison Officers" here, and more are expected to join, sooner or later, in one way or another. It has also been used for Cooperation with NATO, and Headed Operations in Kosovo and Afghanistan (International Missions), Mali and Central Africa (EU Missions), etc. More Recently, it has started to Lead also EU's Battle Group, as on 2016.
As a Multi-National but also Multi-Modal Force, destinated to Lead the Staff of Thousands of Soldiers from several Countries, EUROCORPS has been recently trained to Monitor Both Land, Sea and Air Military Operations in an organized whole. Therefore, it appears Logical to expect that, sooner of later, it would also Include the New Technologies of Drones inside its overall Activities' Know-how.
- However, at least as things stand, "Nothing is Scheduled" yet for Drones, Replied EUROCORPS' Press Spokesman, L-C. Kirchenbauer to a relavant Question by "Eurofora".
- But this goes only "For the Moment", he specified, i.e. withOut Excluding a priori eventual developments, in this direction, Later-on during the Incoming 24-Months-Long Period of the German rotating Presidency.
- Simply, "we canNot Speculate" about that Today, EUROCORPS' Press Spokesman carefully explained.
- "Eurofora"s Co-Founder has often covered "EUROCORPS"' main developments, already from its Creation, back on 1993, until now, on 2017, Publishing initially at "TCWeekly" and afterwards on "Eurofora", (Comp. various relevant Articles/Interviews searchable in this Newsite, etc).
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