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EPP TopCandidate Weber to EF on EU Borders+Civilisation, with French Leader Wauquiez+Top MEP Bellamy

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Friday, 26 April 2019

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*Strasbourg/Palace of Congress/Angelo Marcopolo/- In a Joint Franco-German christiandemocrat/EPP Leaders' launch of a crucial Electoral Campaign, Today in Strasbourg, precisely 1 Month before the forthcoming EU Vote of May 26, 2019, headed by EPP's Spitzen-Candidate Manfred Weber from Germany, President of EU Parliament's biggest Political Group, that of EPP, together with French mainstream Opposition Leader, Experienced former many times Minister (from EU Affairs to Science, etc), Laurent Wauquiez, President of the Republican Party (Center-Right), as well as the New Chief of Republican MEPs, young Philosopher Francois-Xavier Bellamy, the current need to defend and develop the core of our common European Civilisation was confirmed as the main Focus.

- Stimulated also by a Largely spread Public Emotion, Europe-Wide and even well Beyond, in several Countries accross the World, just after the recent, UnPrecedented partial Destruction by Fire of the upper parts of Internationaly Famous, UNESCO Monument, and popular Historic Paris' Cathedral of "Notre Dame de Paris" on 2019 (Comp. f.ex. : .., etc), following the December 2018 Deadly Terrorist Attack in Strasbourg, against its 'Cristmas Market", cowardly Targetting Civilian People, during EU Parliament's plenary session here (See, f.ex. : ..., etc), Weber, who has also succeeded to attract the Support of several Popular EU Leaders, such as f.ex. Viktor Orban, Prime Minister of Hungary (etc), particularly for his promise to Protect EU's External Borders, appeared adamant in his Reply to a relevant Question by "Eurofora":

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- Indeed, President Weber smiled, and agreed with "Eurofora", on the serious issue raised recently, inter alia, also by the famous Italian creator of the succesful "5 Stars" Movement, currently co-Governing the Country, when he Criticized "FrontEx" and/or other EU CoastGuards for reportedly, instead of really Protecting EU's External Borders from Smugglers and Human Trafficking, particularly after that UnPrecedented "Tsunami" of more than 1,5 Millions of Mass Asylum Seekers/Irregular Migrants, particularly Recalcitrant to Integration in Europe, who suddenly arrived through Turkey since 2015/2016, on the Contrary, they  in fact, their role, just into behaving as a kind of ..."TAXI" (sic !), by restricting their action only into ...Replying to Phone Calls asking for such Mass Migrants to be Transported from a makeshift Boat into a Real and Safe Ship bringing them all inside the EU...

=> With the notorious Result to Fill the EU, not so much with Real Refugees, but more and more with ...ISIS' Terrorist Killers, (as f.ex. at Bataclan in Paris since 2015, recently a mass-murderer of 25 Civilians, unmasked on 2019, etc), Rapers and/or Murderers (as f.ex. at nearby Freiburg, etc), Mass Brutal Aggressors of even underage Girls (as, f.ex. at Cologne 2016, UK 2017, etc), Aggressive and sometimes even Oppressive, heavily "Islamized" Radical Groups, InHuman and Brutal Thugs (as, f.ex. those who notoriously Attacked a Poor Homeless person sleeping at the street in Berlin, attempting to ..Burn him alive !), and/or Filling Poor Neighbourhood's Schoolclasses with an Excessive Number of Foreign "Kids" (often ..Adults, in fact), who doN't even speak the Language of the Host Country, with the result to make School-Life practically Impossible for Poor People's Children, threatening to provoke Heavy and Irreversible Delays of Education, which can leave irremediable Marks to the detriment of their whole Lives. Emergence of Socio-Cultural Ghettos, where EU Citizens can No more Recognize the Culture and History of their own Country, often follows, (etc)... I.e., Facts which obviously Push Desperate People far Away from the Mainstream Political area, towards various Extremes...

>>> In such Circumstances (Comp. Supra), the EU should, at least, ensure that about 90%, or even more, of verified Irregular Migrants, (i.e. No Real Refugees), Return Back to their Home Countries, reacted Weber to the above-mentioned "Eurofora"s Question.

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- On this Key and Topical point, the Leader of France's mainstream Opposition, Laurent Wauquiez, "Thanked" Weber "for having placed EU's External Borders' Protection as Number 1 Priority", he stressed, Later-on, in his Speech, (See Infra).

- In fact, "it's a Double Protection, that is Needed for EU's External Borders : A European one, and a National one. Because we Need an EU CoastGuards' Force, in Greece, Italy and Spain. We have to Bring Back those who come towards us, while Asylum Demands should be made, not inside Europe, but at Neighbouring Countries. So that, if someone enters Irregularly in Europe, he should never be given a legal permit : It's Time to put things in order !", Wauquiez vowed.

+ At the same time, we need also a National Protection of Borders, Not at all in order t bother legal TransBorder Workers, etc., but Only in order to be able to Control Irregular Migrants entering inside our Country, he explained. And, if one EU Country adopts a Policy which is Not Adapted to anOther EU Country, f.ex. because of Differences in Population Growth, Level of UnEmployement, etc., then, Each one should be able to act accordingly, Wauquiez added, applauded.

- So that, in this, as well as on other issues, we do Not Oppose Nations alone, to Europe alone, Contrary to what Others do, but prefer to have Both the Nations and Europe, he underlined.

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+ Such Issues were naturally linked also with the problem of Turkey's controversial and unpopular EU bid, which had notoriously provoked EU's 1st Serious Crisis and Halt, back on 2005+, inciting the Leading Candidate of the ChristianDemocrats/EPP to clarify his position :

- "Turkey is Not a European Country, and will Never enter inside the EU ! We simply want to have Good Neighborhoud Relations with Ankara. If I become EU Commission's President, I shall do what is necessary in order to make that clear for ever, Manfred Weber vowed in his speech, largely applauded by the People.

+ But, at the same time, in fact, the Main Popular Issue, Today, with which all he rest was linked, in one way or another, obviously was was that of the Vital Need to Defend and Develop, Nowadays, the core susbtance of the European Civilisation :

=> So that Weber, who had just, Symbolically chosen to launch his PanEuropean Electoral Campaign from Greece, where he visited some impressive huge Ancient Monuments of white marble, together with "New Democracy" (Center(Right/EPP) Party's Head, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, a few Days ago, immediately went directly towards what was the main point for all ChristianDemocrats :

- "European Countries are quite Different, one from another, But they all have, at least, one Main Point Alike for all : Wherever you Visit,  (f.ex., from Greece to Denmark, and from Portugal to Poland, etc), you shall Always Find, here or there, a Christian Cross on the Mountains, and/or a Christian Church !", he stressed, lively Applauded, once again.

 

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- The recent Fire against the Historic Monument of "Notre Dame de Paris", in France, made European People Feel, all Together, what is a Key part of Our Common Cultural Heritage, Weber topically reminded.                                                      

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  - "Europe must rediscover its ideal of Human Dignity, developed in the Judeo-Christian tradition", the Head of the "Republican" Candidate MEPs in the crucial, May 2019 EU Elections, Young Philospher Francois-Xavier Bellamy stressed afterwards.

 + Adding that "it was a huge Error (back on 2001-2005) to Omit Europe's Judeo-Christian Roots from the EU Constitution, (when Turkey's controversial and unpopular EU bid was pushed by some, resulting in 3 "No" to EuroReferenda in France, the Netherlands and Ireland, which provoked a damaging Halt and Delay in the European Construction)...

 Bellamy reminded, however, that German intellectual Goethe had notoriously lived in Strasbourg, (whose Ancient University still hosts a beautiful Statute of him as a lively young man), long before, at his last moment, very old, he left this World with a famous demand for "Mehr Licht !", ("More Light !")...
 
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 - It's necessary, Today, "to Raise Politics Higher !", observed from the outset, as a matter of General Principle, the Leader of France's main Opposition Party, that of the "Republicans" (Center-Right), Experienced former Government Spokesman and many times Minister (of EU Affairs, Science/Research, etc), currently President of Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes' Region, (which unites France's "Massif Central" to the Swiss Mountains, the Highest in Europe), Laurent Wauquiez, pointing, in this regard, to the fact that, f.ex., Bellamy had characteristically chosen, during a Debate with all Other Parties' Top Candidates for EU Elections, to open the Book of ... Ancient Greek "Homer's Illiad !", as he had observed.

 

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- Nowadays, "whoever Believes in Europe, is aware that the main point is the Franco-German mutual Trust and Cooperation", that we should Strengthen and take also Higher, Wauquiez want on to add, Thanking Manfred Weber for his participation to this Symbolic and Timely Strasbourg's meeting on the Elections which will determine EU's Future for the period of 2019-2024.

- Revendicating the Historic Legacy of "our (Political) Group, which stems from Gaullism as well as ChristianDemocracy, and has Founded (modern) Europe", as he reminded, Wauquiez pleaded in favour of the "EPP Group (currently Headed by former Strasbourg's MEP, Joseph Daul, in Brussels) : the Biggest inside EU Parliament".

 - EU Parliament's plenaries are based in Strasbourg not only because of the importance of the Franco-German reconciliation and cooperation, but also as "a Sign" for the fact that real "Europe canNot be Only an Administration in Brussels" (i.e. EU Commision), but is also something More", thanks also to Alsace Region's Cultural contribution to "European Humanism".

+ Observing that Polls have recently noted a Growth of "+ 7% More, in just 2 Months", for the Republican Party, Wauquiez argued that this was "Because People want to have a Choice, between a risk of DeConstruction of Europe, against the "€uro", by the Rightists", and a stagnation, by Liberals who "haven't understood that, Nowadays, "Europe Needs a Change", instead of staying in "a Deadlock" made by even "More Enlargement, even to Countries which are very Different from us", "More Rules", "More Agencies", "More Taxes", "that Europe of Bureaucracy, that we doN't Want !"

- In fact, they have not understood that, "if one wants to ReVigorate Europe, we must Change it !", Wauquiez stressed. On the Contrary, "we Believe in Europe, and that's why we feel the need to Re-Think it anew", and put it on a good way ahead :

=> "The Europe that We Want, is that which we Loved, which Worked Well, the Europe which had a strong Soul, had Projects" : "a Europe Able to face both China and the USA", "to handle Climate issues and (mass) Migration", "a Europe which Protects and, at the same time, guarantees the Future of our Children", "the Europe which is Based on our Roots (Comp. Supra), and, simultaneously, has the Taste of the Future, and the Energy of Tomorow !", he Highlighted.

- "Others focus on Sovereignity or Federalism", etc., but, in fact, they do Not really Speak about Europe, which was Build by the Founding Fathers, "Conscious that they made a Choice of Civilisation", Laurent Wauquiez stressed.

 - While, Nowadays, the Question which is raised, is, while "having inherited a Wonderfull Civilisation", whether we might, perhaps, be "Obliged to Alter our Way of Life, of shall we be Able to Transfer to our Children, what we have Received, and Enable them to be Proud and Deserve to receive it too ? In other words : - "Has the European Civilisation Died ?, Or are we able to Give it a ReNaissance and New Energy ?", he wondered. - "That's what is really at Stake in these (May 2019) EU Elections !"

- Well, "I sincerely Believe that European Civilisation is Not Dead !" It's true that "there are Many Challenges, Competition is around us, there are threats of Islamism and MultiCulturalism, Dangers for our Ecohomy, etc. But, No : If we just Open our Eyes, the European Civilisation is Not Dead : It can be ReStructured, and is able to Restore Both France and Europe !", he vowed.

- "First of all, a Civilisation has Borders", Wauquiez practically pointed out, Promissing also to strongly Support Weber, if he becomes EU Commission's President, in his Plan to Put an End to the controversial and unpopular Turkey's EU bid, (Comp. on EU Borders, Supra).

- "But, in order to have a European Civilisation, we also need to have Common Projects", he stressed. "More Projects,  Less Rules"... F.ex., EU Commission could Help restore Rhin river's capacity to transport Big Ships ; Set up Digital Networks and/or "G5" throughout all Europe ; Unite and Boost Scientific Research against Cancer, and/or Alzheimer, (etc), he proposed.

 + "A Civilisation is also the Defense of a Culture, which is Threatened Today : Because there are people who Hate whatever we are. There are people who have been welcomed, born and raised here, but so full of Hate that they are ready to turn their weapons against those who gave them that chance, he pointed out. I become Angry when I See that, even after Deadly Terrorist Attacks, the Necessary Measures are Not Taken, Wauquiez denounced. Some make Big Speeches against Political Islamism, but afterwards they Continue as usual...

=> On the Contrary, we must Open our Eyes, and look what we have to Fight against : We have to Fight against Islamist Integrism. We Must Fight it, with all our Force !", he Urged. "Otherwise, More People will continue to be Killed", he Warned.

>>> Against that, Concrete Measures must be taken : F.ex., we Must Close Salafist Mosques in Europe !", Wauquiez stressed, applauded by many People. "We must Prohibit to Imams who preach Hate, to call for Killing others. We must Hinder Foreign States to Fund Mosques inside Europe, in order to Exploit them, afterwards, at the Dark of their Minarets, to spread Hate", he urged, also applauded.

+ And, "How it's possible for (French) Public Authorities to have Accepted the Return of 200 Jihadists who had Left the Country in order to Fight in Syria ?", he Questioned. On the Contrary, we must make it Clear : Those Jihadists have Betrayed Europe, and canNot Return here. They must be Judged and Imprisoned there where they are now (i.e. Syria or Iraq, etc). They have Nothing to do in Europe !", Wauquiez stressed, largely applauded by the People.

At that point, he also Criticized Rightist Politician Marine Le Pen for allegedly Refusing a controversial Mass Surveillance of all Airplanes' Passengers' private Data, as a means to struggle against Terrorism.

++ Morover, Contrary to the Past, when France had succeeded to Integrate various People who came from Different Countries, Europeans or even Africans, etc., Because they were Eager to Work, and also adhere to the European Civilisation (NB).

- Nowadays, paradoxically, some Inversed that order : Instead of those who came to be obliged to adapt to  our Civilisation, it's now, pratically us (Europeans) who should adapt to the way of life of new-comers, he denounced.

=> Progressively, we Renounced to proudly Transfer our Culture, Teach our History, Transmit our Litterature, and Spread our Way of Life, Wauquiez Criticized.

- But, "the Lesson given (recently) by "Notre Dame de Paris", is that "a Civilisation is precious", but there are "Visible Fires" and "InVisible Fires", he Warned : When someone is Blind or Coward, he Risks to Lose what was transmitted to him...

>>> If we do Not Teach in Schools the History of our Country, Neither "Shoa", while also abandoning Young Girls to be Obliged by Force to wear a Scarf, if we let some Hinder even Christmas' Cribs, (etc), all these renonciations are dangerous retreats, he warned.

On the Contrary, we should have the Generosity to transmit to our Children, and to those who arrive here, the Best of that Civilisation which was entrusted to us.  Be proud of it, and Share its Values, is the Best Way : Europe is a Struggle, it's also Believe that every human person can Become Eucopean, on one Condition : to Share its Civilisation !", Laurent Wauquiez concluded, applauded by the People.

 

 

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People in Europe and the World expect from CoE to make a succes of its "Monitoring" for Human Rights and Democracy, despite difficulties, said Finland's President Tarja Halonen to "EuroFora" at a crucial moment for the mecanism built 15 years ago by the paneuropean organization which celebrates its 60th Anniversary in 2009.

Halonen, known as "Mother" of CoE's "Monitoring" mecanism, a long-time MEP and former Foreign Minister before becoming Finland's President, holds a long experience in the mattter, after also serving twice as CoE and EU Chairwoman in the past. That's why she is well placed to judge how CoE's "monitoring" should deal today with some crucial issues of importance both to CoE and to the EU.

The move came just a Month before a crucial, last visit to Turkey, scheduled for June, by the President of CoE''s "Monitoring" Committee, Ukranian MEP Serge Holovaty, to finalize his Report on Ankara, the CoE Member State with the longest Monitoring procedure. From its results depends its overall credibility.

This is a Test-case, because, in fact, it's in order to avoid Sanctions threatened against Turkey by a CoE's Assembly's April 1995 Resolution for grave Human Rights violations, Democracy gaps, the continuing Military Occupation in Cyprus, the unresolved Kurdish problem, Aegean differend with Greece, etc., that MEPs decided to create, for the 1st time on April 1996, a "Monitoring" proces, allegedly destinated to check, without excluding Countries who did not fulfill all CoE's standards.

In the Past, the obliged withdrawal of Greece's Military regime and of its "Civil" cover-up out of the CoE had helped bring back Democracy in 1974. But, on the contrary, since April 1996, the idea was to "monitor" Human Rights' respect while keeping most concerned Countries inside the CoE. After Turkey's oldest example, this was extended also to several former "Eastern" European Countries, even if CoE's Assembly has imposed to some of them (fex. Ukraine, Russia, etc., after Belarus, Serbia, etc) various "Sanctions", that Ankara always avoided. Curiously more succesful even than .. USA itself, (a CoE "Observer" since 1995), which has been at least threatened with sanctions some years ago..

EU-effects of CoE's Monitoring process became obvious between 2001-2008, since the "closure" of this procedure, when CoE felt that a Country had met most of its Human Rights, Democracy and Rule of Law obligations, (i.e. the "Copenhagen Criteria" for the EU), helped trigger Negotiations with the EU for "Accession" or other closer relations : This occured already before the 2004 and 2007 EU Enlargements to former "Eastern" European Countries, as well as for the commencement of "accession" negotiations with Croatia, and of "open-ended" negotiations with Turkey in 2005.

    But a stricking new development are Holovaty's recent findings that on core Human Rights issues as Torture and Freedom of Expression, Turkey, even "5 Years after" CoE closed its "Monitoring", back in 2004, inciting EU to start accession Negotiations in 2005, still presents grave problems.

    His findings are of crucial importance after a 2008 CoE Resolution called, "if need be", to "seriously consider the possibility of Re-Opening the Monitoring procedure for Turkey" : A move which might affect Ankara's controversial EU bid, since EU Accession Negotiations are based on the Hypothesis that the Candidate fullfils the "Copenhagen Criteria" (See above)..
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    Holovaty expressed his will to check  "Matters still Outstanding" and  those that he "didn't have an opportunity to discuss" at an earlier visit this year, "in order to discuss the more complex issues in greater depth", at his forthcoming New Visit to Ankara, before the December 2009 EU Summit.  This is all based on the 2004 CoE Resolution which stresses that, CoE "will continue.. post-monitoring Dialogue with the Turkish authorities,...in addition to a 12-points list,..and on any Other Matter that might arise in connection with Turkey’s Obligations as a CoE member state".

    CoE's Resolution also asks  from Turkey "to secure the proper Implementation of Judgements, particularly in the Cyprus v. Turkey InterState case", of 2001, which concerns also the plight of many Hundreds of MISSING People. It adds Turkey's obligations to "execute" ECHR's Judgements in the Loizidou case,..and in particular adopt General Measures to avoid repetition or continuation of Violations found by the Court" to the detriment of Refugees.

    Nevertheless, Holovaty said to "EuroFora" that "MISSING" persons,"might be included" and cannot be excluded, but he has yet to examine the situation "to find out  which issues will be raised" to the Turkish Government.

    Therefore, "EuroFora" asked Halonen, as the Historic "Mother" of CoE's Monitoring mecanism, if she thought that, "whenever there are grave Human Rights Violations, as fex. "MISSING" persons, attested even by ECHR's judgements, they should be always checked by a Monitoring process. Or could they be forgotten ?"
    
     - "We (CoE) must be, at the same time, Fair, Realistic, but not in the mind that "now we have Forgotten", etc., replied to "EuroFora"'s question Halonen, speaking as a matter of general principle.

    - "When we think of those People that are suffering from the lack of Democracy, of Human Rights, and of the Rule of Law", "we should find a base on how to deal with the (Monitoring) system more rapidly"', she stressed.

    - "Sometimes it's very difficult to combine Transparency and Effectivenes together, particularly in this specific case", she went on to say. But, "I have not found a (CoE Member) Country who could be insensitive in this sens", Halonen answered concerning grave Human Rights violations attested by the ECHR.

    - "I have no ready-made answer. I have the expectations that you, in the CoE, will, step by step, find the different types of the monitoring systems."

    Also "because this is a part of the UN's Post-Conflict system, (fex. when it comes to Cyprus' MISSING persons), and it's a more Global system". So that, "If we make a succes in Europe, the others will follow", throughout the World.  "But they expect that we (Europe) are this opportunity, this Opportunity to make a Succes", Halonen concluded.

    In addition, she advised to extend CoE's Monitoring to all its 47 Member States, "because, as long as we hear that, all these monitoring systems are "OK for the neighbor, but not for me", "it's very difficult" to understand. Something which could make easier to Compare...

    Finnish MEP Jaako Laakso, former CoE Rapporteur on the Occupied Territories of Cyprus and one of the 5 Signatories of the Historic CoE's call to create the "MONITORING" mecanism since 1996, was more specific :  - "We (CoE Assembly) have to find a way for the issue of Cyprus' MISSING People to be better followed", he stressed, anouncing his intention to "speak to Mr. Holovaty" about that. "There might be also other ways", added Laakso.

    - The 2008 "Year had been a very Bad one for Turkey with regard to Human Rights in general, and Freedom of Expression in particular", denounced, meanwhile, Holovaty's preliminary Post-Monitoringh Draft Report by Holovaty, published by the CoE on April 2009.

    "Amnesty International believes that freedom of expression is not guaranteed given the various articles of the Criminal Code that restrict it. .. "For example, 1,300 Websites are said to have been closed down by the (Turkish) authorities in 2008" ! While "the new Turkish Criminal Code was used to bring a total of 1,072 proceedings between June 2005 and April 2008, and led to the conviction of 192 people", for expressing views. "Representatives of the Özgür Gündem newspaper, which specialises in Kurdish affairs, ..complained about Numerous Attacks on their Freedom of Expression ...as was everyone who advocated a settlement to the question by means other than the intervention of the army" "According to their figures, 19 Newspapers had been suspended 43 times between 4 August 2006 and 4 November 2008" !...

    Moreover, on 2008,  CoE's "Ministers adopted its 4rth Resolution on the execution of the judgments of the ECHR, ...and outstanding issues regarding 175 Judgements and decisions relating to Turkey delivered between 1996 and 2008...  concerning Deaths resulting from the excessive use of force by members of the Security forces, the failure to protect the right to life, the DIisappearance and/or death of individuals, Ill-Treatment and the Destruction of property". CoE's " Ministers urged the Turkish authorities ...to ensure that members of Security forces of all ranks can be prosecuted without administrative
authorisation" for "serious crimes". Holovaty reminded.

"Nonetheless", Holovaty heard anew of "Several cases of Violence committed last year (2008) by the (Turkish) security forces". Amnesty International speaks of Many Cases of ill-treatment and Torture in the prisons and by the police". "Including, fex."'the death of Engin Ceber, a young man of 29 who died on October 2008 as a result of the TORTURE allegedly inflicted on him by police officers, prison staff and members of the gendarmerie. He was part of a group of people arrested on September 2008 during a demonstration and Press Conference in Istanbul'. Proceedings against suspects are "on-going" in this case.

- " I therefore noted an Obvious Contradiction between the Government’s stated “zero tolerance” policy.... of Torture and other forms of ill-treatment, and the different testimonies given", denounced CoE's Rapporteur.  Turkish "authorities must make considerable efforts to guarantee that proper investigations are carried out into allegations of abuses by members of the security forces and that perpetrators are effectively punished" "In this respect, I have requested detailed Statistics on the number of Investigations, acquittals and convictions in cases involving allegations of abuse in order to show the positive impact of the measures taken to date", Holovaty said, repeating a permanently unsatisfied CoE's demand to Turkey since a Decade...

    - "The Political Crisis that shook the country in the spring of 2008 highlighted the Weaknesses of the (Turkish) Constitution", which comes from the Military regime of 1982, "and the Urgent Need of Reforms", stressed from the outset CoE's Rapporteur in 2009. In particular, "the ...Democratic functioning of state institutions, including the independence of the judicial system, are crucial", he observes.

    But, "the Electoral  system and the ways in which it is circumvented do not appear to give those elected complete Legitimacy, and tend to pervert the course of direct universal suffrage", denounces Holovaty, observing that, even 5 Years later, Turkey did not yet change the 10% nationwide Threshold for a party to take any seat, which is "far higher" than the "3%" maximum in Europe and already condemned as contrary to European Standards by the CoE.

    + Moreover, EU Parliament's 2009 Report on Turkey, drafted by Dutch MEP Ria Oomen-Ruijten and adopted in Strasbourg on March, expresses "Concern over the Failure of the (Turkish) Judiciary to prosecute cases of Torture and Ill-treatment, the Number of which is Growing". EU also "is concerned about continuing Hostility and Violence against Minorities" in Turkey. It also "calls on the Turkish Government to launch, as a matter of Priority, a Political Initiatve favouring a lasting Settlement of the Kurdish issue, (while "condemning violence.. and terrorist groups"). EU "regrets that No progress has been made on establishing full, systematic Civilian suprevisory functions over the (Turkish) Military".

    The final results of Holovaty's 2nd and last visit to Turkley will be known later this year, and, at any case, before EU's December 2009 Summit.

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