EUParliament Drops Accession word for Turkey +Slams Casus Beli at Aegean Sea +Asks Arm Traffic Probe

*Strasbourg/Angelo Marcopolo/- By adopting a series of Last Minute Amendments, with a Strong Majority, EU Parliament Droped twice the "Accession" Wording for Turkey, at key issues, and slamed Ankara's "Casus Beli Threats" against Greece at the Aegean Sea, in the context of its Votes for the Annual EU Report on Ankara. In addition, it supported the Continuity of the Republic of Cyprus in view of its Future Evolvement into a Federation.

MEPs prefered the Neutral Term "Negotiations", instead of "Accession", regarding both the "Framework" of EU - Turkey Talks, as well as their overall "Process", (which became "Negotiation Process", instead of "Accession Process", notoriously Controversial and Unpopular among EU Citizens, particularly as far as it concerns Ankara's EU aims.

Moreover, it's with an exceptionaly Strong Majority of about 479 against only 116 Votes, that EU Parliament expressed officialy its "Regrets" for the Fact that the Turkish Government hasn't yet withdrawn its "Casus Beli Threats (War Threats) against Greece" at the Aegean Sea, (f.ex. in case Athens tries to use the Rights given by the International Law of the Sea in order to start exploiting Mineral and/or Oil/Gas Natural Resources in its Exclusive Economic Zone.

Meanwhile, the Resolution which was adopted makes it crystal-clear, as far as the latest EU - Turkey Deal on Mass Migration is concerned, that Ankara's desiderata for "Free Visa" of 75 Millions Turkish Citizens into the EU, face a "Merit-Based" issue, which works "Only when Standards have been met".

Last, but not least, EU Parliament's Majority also Rejected an attempt by some "Green" MEPs to contest the Continuity of the State of the Republic of Cyprus, in case of a Political Solution on the issue of the ReUnification of the island in the foreseable Future, prefering to speak about an "Evolvement of the Republic of Cyprus" into a Federation, instead of mere "Formation" of such an entity, as those "Greens" had asked vainly.

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The adopted Resolution also "alls on Turkey to begin to withdraw its troops from
Cyprus and to transfer the sealed-off area of Famagusta to the UN", as well as to "grant Access" to the "Committee of MISSING Persons" to all areas, both "Military" and to "relevant Archives".

MEPs in addition endorsed in Plenary a series of strong appeals for Press Freedom respect, (particularly about freing many jailed Journalists of the opposition), as well as for Cease-Fire and Peace Talks at the South-East regions of Turkey, where the mainly Kurdish Minority's a.o. inhabitants face violence from the resumed conflict, hard restrictions, etc., many being obliged to become Displaced Persons recently. 

Moreover, EU Parliament  maintained, during Today's Votes, its crystal-clear demand for a "Thorpugh and Objective Investigation of Journalists' allegations regarding the Transport of Weapons" from Turkey "to Syria".

But, as famous RWF prize winner, (subsequently jailed, and only recently freed) Dissident Turkish Journlist Dundar had told "Eurofora", earlier in Strasbourg, the current Ankara Government, instead of denying Arms Traffic towards Terrorists gangs-held Syrian territories, on the contrary,  prohibits such queries by claiming that all such matters would be "State Secrets"..