Friday, March 18, 2016

EU-Turkey Summit: politicians “forget” that the refugees – people, not goods – BBC News

EU leaders agreed on a draft agreement with Turkey to resolve the immigration crisis. Today, the document Erdogan Ahmet Davutoglu will be presented. Talks in Brussels are expected tense: Ankara demands concrete steps from the European Union and, most importantly, finances. And European officials, in contrast, are trying to get rid of common words.

28 lifejackets appeared on the streets of Brussels. They do not need to refugees, and European politicians. One for each leader, who came to discuss the agreement with Turkey on migrants. On jackets and street banners appeals: “Stop the deal and do not trade refugees”

A bit on the side visible placards addressed to Ankara.. Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu is depicted on them with vampire fangs and bloody streaks

“European politicians should realize that refugees are people too, and not a commodity and not a matter of bargaining, -. Says Fotis Philip representative of the European branch of Amnesty International . – They should stop exchanging one human life on the other “

in fact, to agree on how to conduct a dialogue with Turkey, European politicians took a whole day.. Today, the plan is already coming negotiations, together with the Turkish prime minister. In Brussels, Ahmet Davutoglu is going to listen, not to offer

Requirements Ankara known and announced long ago:. In exchange for receiving back because of illegal migrants in Europe Turkey wants additional financial assistance to EUR 20 billion, accelerating the introduction of a visa-free regime with the countries . The EU and the intensification of negotiations on accession to the community

in Brussels, in response to Ankara’s conditions practiced in eloquence, and now and then put forward new language: the promise to give new impetus to relations between Europe and Turkey, then one speaks of “opening a new head. ” Here are no proposals on specific dates or signing binding documents it was not. “We do not discuss specific day when start the expulsion of refugees only know that we are waiting for a very difficult negotiations, -. German Chancellor Angela Merkel says -. So far we have discussed only the general legal issues for the introduction of a visa-free Turkey regime must meet international standards in the field of defense. refugees. The quest for a visa-free regime also means compliance with international legal standards “.

Of the 72 criteria to be met by countries wishing to join the EU, Turkey’s compliance with only 19. Differences exist on the question of accession to the European community . Here its unequivocal “no,” said Cyprus

“We see that the EU has certain difficulties concerning the agreement with Turkey, -. Says Ahmet Davutoglu, the Turkish prime minister -. The difficulties in regard to the implementation of our conditions. We have already discussed this with Angela Merkel on the phone and with Donald Tusk in Ankara. our partners have to understand that we, too, is not easy. We do our best to move forward along the same road to Europe “.

The behavior and conditions of Turkey in Europe cause a sharp negative. Die Welt quoted the German left that Turkey exercising in force, as the EU allows itself to blackmail. Questions arise over whether Turkey, in practice, be able to fulfill its side of the bargain and really close the western border. Specific mechanisms there again, only the principles and promises

In the short term effect of this summit -. Mainly psychological. Demonstrate: on the problem of work, the legal framework is. And there, perhaps, be able to agree on Syria and refugees become less

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