“SILENCING OPPOSITION IS NOT THE WAY TO DEAL WITH PROBLEMS”
We, the undersigned members of the European Parliament, are deeply concerned about the recent amendment on the lifting of the legislative immunity of 129 members of parliament out of 550. The way it is presented in the public opinion by the government representatives proves that this bill is clearly targeting members of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP – Halkların Demokratik Partisi) where 46 out of 59 MPs will be affected. Opposition is an integral part of democracies and a core value of the European Union. Silencing democratically elected opposition MPs for their political statements is the obstruction of parliament and against democratic principles.
Excluding democratically elected members of the parliament is not the way to deal with the Kurdish problem. On the contrary, if adopted, this bill will further aggravate already intense conflict in the Kurdish region (South-East) of Turkey.
We urgently call on members of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey not to support this amendment, which will move Turkey away from its EU path.”
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Name |
Group |
Country |
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Elmar Brok |
EPP |
Germany |
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Kati Piri |
S&D |
The Netherlands |
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Gabriele Zimmer |
GUE-NGL |
Germany |
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Rebecca Harms |
Greens/EFA |
Germany |
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Marie-Christine Vergiat |
GUE-NGL |
France |
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Bodil Valero |
Greens/EFA |
Sweden |
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Dimitrios Papadimoulis |
GUE-NGL |
Greece |
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Alyn Smith |
Greens/EFA |
Scotland |
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Ana Gomes |
S&D |
Portugal |
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Angel Kapchina |
ECR |
Bulgaria |
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Anne-Marie Mineer |
GUE-NGL |
The Netherlands |
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Barbara Spinelli |
GUE-NGL |
Italy |
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Bart Staes |
Greens/EFA |
Belgium |
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Brando Benifei |
S&D |
Italy |
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Cornelia Ernst |
GUE-NGL |
Germany |
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Costas Mavrides |
S&D |
Cyprus |
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Csaba Sogor |
EPP |
Romania |
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Curzio Maltese |
GUE-NGL |
Italy |
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Demetris Papadakis |
S&D |
Cyprus |
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Dennis de Jong |
GUE-NGL |
The Netherlands |
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Davos Skrlec |
Greens/EFA |
Croatia |
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Ernest Maragall |
Greens/EFA |
Spain |
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Ernest Urtasun |
Greens/EFA |
Spain |
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Eugen Freund |
S&D |
Austria |
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Fabio De Masi |
GUE-NGL |
Germany |
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Frank Engel |
EPP |
Luxembourg |
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Javier Couso Permuy |
GUE-NGL |
Spain |
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José Bové |
Greens/EFA |
France |
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Josef Weidenholzer |
S&D |
Austria |
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Josep-Maria Terricabras |
Greens/EFA |
Catalonia |
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Josu Juaristi |
GUE-NGL |
Basque country |
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Jude Kirton-Darling |
S&D |
UK |
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Karima Delli |
Greens/EFA |
France |
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Karoline Graswander-Hainz |
S&D |
Austria |
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Kostadinka Kuneva |
GUE-NGL |
Greece |
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Kostas Chrysogonos |
GUE-NGL |
Greece |
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Liadh Ni Riada |
GUE-NGL |
Ireland |
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Lynn Boylan |
GUE-NGL |
Ireland |
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Malin Björk |
GUE-NGL |
Sweden |
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Margrete Auken |
Greens/EFA |
Denmark |
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Marina Albiol Guzmán |
GUE-NGL |
Spain |
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Marisa MATIAS |
GUE-NGL |
Portugal |
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Martina Anderson |
GUE-NGL |
Ireland |
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Martina Michels |
GUE-NGL |
Germany |
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Matt Carthy |
GUE-NGL |
Ireland |
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Max Andersson |
Greens/EFA |
Sweden |
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Merja Kyllönen |
GUE-NGL |
Finland |
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Michel Reimon |
Greens/EFA |
Austria |
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Michele Rivasi |
Greens/EFA |
France |
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Monika Vana |
Greens/EFA |
Austria |
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Neoklis Sylikiotis |
GUE-NGL |
Cyprus |
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Nessa Childers |
S&D |
Ireland |
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Nikolaos Chountis |
GUE-NGL |
Greece |
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Paloma LOPEZ BERMEJO |
GUE-NGL |
Spain |
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Pascal Durand |
Greens/EFA |
France |
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Patrick Le Hyaric |
GUE-NGL |
France |
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Petras Austrevicius |
ALDE |
Lithuania |
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Rina Ronja Kari |
GUE-NGL |
Denmark |
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Sabine Lösing |
GUE-NGL |
Germany |
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Sergio Cofferati |
S&D |
Italy |
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Ska Keller |
Greens/EFA |
Germany |
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Soraya Post |
S&D |
Sweden |
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Stelios Kouloglou |
GUE-NGL |
Greece |
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Tania Gonzalez Penas |
GUE-NGL |
Spain |
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Ulrike Lunacek |
Greens/EFA |
Austria |
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Xabier BENITO ZILUAGA |
GUE-NGL |
Spain |
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Yannick Jadot |
Greens/EFA |
France |