EU Discusses AKP's Closure Case

The main topic at the EU foreign ministers meeting In Slovenia this weekend was the 'Clousure Case' to ban the ruling party in Turkiye. The EU Enlargement Commissioner warned "if the AK party is disbanded, the EU-Turkiye relations will come to an end." /// The European Union has urged the judges to take Turkiye's interests into consideration when making their decision, warning that the case could shatter Ankara's drive to join the bloc. EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn said on Saturday, "The EU accession negotiation framework says that in case of a serious breach of democratic principles in Turkiye the Commission is obliged to look at what ramifications this could have for negotiations," Rehn who emphasizes that party banning does not agree with the Copenhagen political showed the firmness of Brussels saying the negotiations could be stopped if the court bans the party and bars Prime Minister Erdogan. Rehn went on to say political issues are debated in the poll in a normal European country but not at a court. He also advised Turkiye to accelerate the reform process.

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