Immediately end Turkey's status as a candidate for EU membership

Since the 11th. Turkey is an official candidate country for accession to the EU. The status also entails substantial financial support, for example to promote democracy and the rule of law in Turkey.

For some years now, Turkey has been increasingly moving away from the basics of democracy. Whether the persecution of the state-critical press or of oppositionists are only two examples that are incompatible with a democracy. In addition, Turkey repeatedly behaves aggressively towards individual states (e.g. gas dispute Greece) of the EU, in which it sometimes deliberately sets the mood.

In recent years, the EU has cut numerous accession aid measures, some by up to 75 percent, for Turkey since 2017, among other things. Despite the cuts, accession aid amounted to 168 million euros in 2020. The cuts were recently justified on the part of the EU with "poor democratic progress". There can be no doubt about this, if only one thinks about the constitutional reform of Turkey.

Turkey in 1999 is no longer comparable to Turkey in 2021. It has developed negatively, so it's time to draw a line. Also because the Turkish state system is no longer compatible with the values of the EU. Turkey will have no chance of joining the EU for the foreseeable future. For this reason, financial aid for accession must be completely discontinued and the status of "EU candidate country" must also be terminated. If Turkey finds its way back to democracy, the question of "EU candidate" can be re-decided.

The heads of government of the EU member states, but also the EU Parliament, must finally be called upon to act here. The money of EU citizens must no longer be wasted here.