Turkey’s membership in the EU has become one step closer. As the portal Presse Ocean, Ankara and Brussels have opened a new Chapter in the negotiations on the accession to the community.
According to head the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Netherlands Bert Koenders, the parties have already opened the account 16 a head in the negotiation process. It’s called the “Regulations on Finance and budget, and for calculation, payment and control of funds needed for the implementation of contributions to the EU budget. Turkish Minister for EU Affairs ömer çelik said that this step confirms the desire of his country to join the EU.
Thus, the Brussels and Ankara have opened 16 of the 35 so-called chapters, provided the negotiation process of Turkey’s accession to the EU, which was launched in 2005.
In March, Brussels promised to provide Ankara 6 billion euros to cancel the visa regime for the summer and to accelerate negotiations on the country’s accession to the EU in exchange for a reduction in Turkey of the flow of refugees to Europe. The solution to the financial side of this promise extend to the end of 2018. The negotiation process continued. But a visa-free regime the question remains open.
This step Brussels is ready to go only after the Ankara 72 requirements. By may, Turkey had to dovolnimi only 5 of them. These items included the legislative changes in the sphere of fight against corruption, police and judicial cooperation with EU countries, the support of migration cooperation, the introduction of biometric passports of the new sample. The main stumbling block is the Turkish laws on terrorism, which give wide powers to the authorities and secret services of the country. In Europe I believe that in Turkey human rights are violated, but Ankara does not intend to make changes to them.
“In the present circumstances to go on the steps that will reduce our ability to combat terrorism, we cannot and will not agree to it,” said çelik.
