ABSTRACT: MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION ON THE RESUMPTION OF THE EEC TURKEY ASSOCIATION tabled by Ulburghs and Pannella, on 8th September 1986 to the European parliament ( doc. B2 757/86)

The European Parliament

-having regard to the decision by the Council of Foreign Ministers to resume meetings of the EEC-Turkey Association Council on 16 September 1986,

-whereas the Association Council had not met since the military coup in 1980,

-whereas,since the meeting is due to be held in September, Turkey

will chair the Association Council meeting,

-having regard to the visit to Turkey by Commissioner Claude Cheysson from 18 to 22 June 1986,

1. Expresses its surprise at, and disapproval of, the decision by the Council of Ministers to resume meetings of the EEC-Turkey

Association Council from 16 September 1986;

2. Is particularly opposed to the fact that Turkey will chair the

meeting;

3. Recalls the statement by Commissioner Cheysson to the Turkish

Prime Minister, Mr Turgut Ozal,that in the opinion of most of the

Member States Turkey did not respect human rights;

4. Welcomes the decision of the European Parliament's Committee

on Budgets on 28 May 1986 to refuse to release 10m ECU of appropriations under the Financial Protocol;

5. Is concerned that some Member States may seize the opportunity of the resumption of the Association meetings to challenge the

free movement of Turkish workers within the EEC;

6. Notes that Turkey fails to respect ethnic and religious minorities and that it is stepping up repression and the military

occupation of the Kurdish people and points out that Iraq has just recognised the existence of the Kurds and the Kurdish nation;

7. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the

Commission,the Council and to the Foreign Ministers in political co-operation.