The Social Democratic Party (SPD), the Greens and the Liberals (FDP) describe the Human Rights and the Rule of Law in Turkey as “massively restricted” and stress that the EU accession negotiations with Turkey will not close. funds and no new ones will be opened.
“Turkey remains for us, despite the worrying domestic political developments and the tensions in the foreign policy, an important neighbor of the EU and a partner of NATO. The large number of people of Turkish origin creates a special closeness between our countries and is certainly part of German society. Democracy, the rule of law, human rights, the rights of women and minorities have been severely curtailed. That is why we will not open any new chapter of accession negotiations and we will not close any that is already open. “We will breathe new life into the EU-Turkey dialogue agenda and expand the exchange of views with civil society and youth programs,” said future government partners.
With regard to the export of weapons systems, much of which concerns Turkey, the Agreement refers to a “restrictive policy” and “more binding rules”. “We want to formulate, together with our European partners, a corresponding European Regulation on the export of weapons systems. We are also in favor of a national legislative framework to limit arms exports. Our aim is to consolidate the EU’s common position with the eight criteria set, but also with the government’s political principles for the export of arms and other armaments in such a legislative framework. Exceptions may be made only in justified individual cases, which should be sufficiently substantiated in a manner comprehensible to the public. “We do not approve of arms exports to countries that can be directly proven to be involved in the war in Yemen.”
With regard to immigration and asylum, the Program Agreement states that the EU and Germany “should not be vulnerable to blackmail” and states: “We want to prevent people from being exploited for geopolitical or economic interests. That is why we are defending rule of law agreements with third countries, in the context of European and international law. “
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