The Renew Europe Group in the European Parliament condemns the arrest of Ekrem İmamoğlu, Mayor of Istanbul and Erdoğan’s main political rival and calls on the Turkish government to stop abuses of power targeting opposition politicians.
In Ankara, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a meeting with President of the Republic of Türkiye Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in a narrow and expanded format. Learn more about what they have discussed.
“The path to Syria’s future also runs through Türkiye. I commend Türkiye for really helping a large number of Syrian refugees and welcoming them here. It is clear that the refugees can return to Syria when Syria is a stable country, and there are jobs, and it is possible to make a living” – EU High Representative Kaja Kallas in Ankara.
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen carefully proceeds to build a pro-European alliance in support of democratisation and reform processes in Syria. Explore her statements in Ankara and Amman – and the reaction of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
In his first major speech as NATO Secretary General, Mark Rutte highlighted the critical need to ramp up defence spending and defence production in an increasingly turbulent security environment. At an event hosted by Carnegie Europe in Brussels, Mr Rutte called on Allies to “shift to a wartime mindset and turbo charge our defence production and defence spending”.
Today, the EU Commission has adopted its annual Enlargement Package, providing a detailed assessment of the state of play and the progress made by Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine, and Türkiye. The assessments are accompanied by recommendations and guidance on the reform priorities.
In line with the Joint Communication on EU-Türkiye relations from November 2023 and European Council conclusions, the new High-Level Dialogue on Trade aims to tackle the remaining bilateral trade irritants and discuss further areas of cooperation, notably ways to prevent the circumvention of EU sanctions.
The President of Russia paid a two-day working visit to Astana to participate in a meeting of the Heads of State Council of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). He held a series of bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the summit. Insight EU Monitoring has collected the Kremlin’ minutes covering these meetings.
The granting of refugee status in a Member State precludes the extradition of the person concerned to his or her country of origin. As long as the authority that granted that status has not revoked or withdrawn it, the person concerned cannot be extradited, regardless of the underlying reasons for the extradition request.
Brussels, 25 April 2024 Today, Iliana Ivanova, Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, and Mehmet
Despite recent improvements, the EU’s multibillion-euro funding for refugees in Türkiye could have achieved greater value for money and shown more impact, according to a report by the European Court of Auditors.
A safeguard investigation seeks to determine whether increased imports of a product are causing, or is threatening to cause, serious injury to a domestic industry.
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan presided over the seventh meeting of the U.S.-Türkiye Strategic Mechanism on March 7-8, 2024, in Washington. The Strategic Mechanism featured open, collaborative, strategic discussions led by senior-level officials from the U.S. Department of State and Türkiye’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on March 7, followed by a meeting between Secretary Blinken and Minister Fidan on March 8.
Since the first moments in the aftermath of the earthquakes, the EU provided an immediate emergency response. European rescuers were mobilised on the ground immediately after the vast devastation, delivering life-saving supplies to disaster sites, and our humanitarian partners adapted their response to provide fast emergency assistance. Only a few weeks later, on 20 March, the EU rallied the international community by organising an International Donor’s Conference to raise necessary
Die deutsche Bundesregierung begrüßt den Beschluss des türkischen Parlaments, Schwedens Beitritt zur NATO zu ratifizieren.
In its recently adopted 2023 Report on Türkiye1, for instance, the Commission points out that no steps have been taken to address the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation – (UNESCO) World Heritage Committee’s grave concern about the potential impact of the Hagia Sophia’s status change into a mosque on the outstanding universal value of the monument. These issues are also raised in the relevant sectoral sub-committee under the
The conversation placed significant emphasis on security in the Black Sea. Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that despite Russia’s attempts to disrupt peaceful navigation, Ukraine remains a guarantor of global food stability. After the launch of the alternative grain corridor, over 14 million tonnes of cargo have passed through it. The President of Ukraine emphasized that our state is ready to keep working to improve the security situation in the Black Sea,
The Joint Communication builds on and updates the Joint Communication submitted by the Commission and the High Representative to the European Council in March 2021. It outlines the state of play of EU-Türkiye relations in key areas and sets out recommendations, aiming to advance relations in a strategic and forward-looking manner, in the current fast-changing, geopolitical and security environment.
“The EU sees Türkiye as a close and important partner in addressing broader economic and sustainability challenges of today. Therefore, our cooperation needs to support the reform of the WTO and ensuring that the MC13 (Ministerial Council ) is a success. The rules-based multilateral trading system with a modernised and effective the WTO at its core is the best guardrail against economic fragmentation, and the most direct way for us
As monetary policy tightens and the overall policy stance becomes less accommodative, growth is projected to slow from 4 percent in 2023 to 3¼ percent in 2024, and the current account deficit to narrow to about 3 percent of GDP in 2024. Sequential inflation should also fall in 2024 and is projected at 46 percent year-on-year by December. These projections reflect recent developments and policy actions, and discussions during the
‘Milas Yağlı Zeytini’ protected designation of origin covers table olives of the Memecik variety grown in Milas province, fermented in brine and preserved with olive oil obtained from Memecik variety olives and fresh lemon slices. ‘Milas Yağlı Zeytini’ olives are fully ripened, black/purple coloured, whole and split vertically. The specificity of the product is closely linked to the climatic conditions of the region and to the local knowhow. The production
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