<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><oembed><version>1.0</version><provider_name>EU-Logos</provider_name><provider_url>https://eulogos.blogactiv.eu</provider_url><author_name>communicationeulogos@gmail.com</author_name><author_url>https://eulogos.blogactiv.eu/author/communicationeulogosgmail-com/</author_url><title>#FactOfTheDay: Turkish constitutional referendum did not meet international standards</title><html>&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight:400;&quot;&gt;&laquo;&nbsp;&lt;em&gt;It only remains for me to hold a referendum on the abolition of referendum&lt;/em&gt;&nbsp;&raquo; &#8211; Dubus&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 style=&quot;text-align:justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight:400;&quot;&gt;There is a growing number of statements criticizing the organization and holding of the referendum on stronger presidential powers whose non official result shows the &laquo;&nbsp;Yes&nbsp;&raquo; vote at 51.4% in favour of Recep Tayyip Erdogan camp.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight:400;&quot;&gt;Those declarations come from several institutions such as the Council of Europe, the European Commission, the OSCE or even the United States and Austria. &lt;/span&gt;The representative of the mission of observers said that &laquo;&nbsp;&lt;em&gt;the referendum did not live up to Council of Europe standards&nbsp;&raquo;&lt;/em&gt;. He mentionned an inadequate legal framework and last-minute changes in the counting process.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight:400;&quot;&gt;The Turkish President is not concerned about the slim majority he got at the referendum, nor about these reports calling into question the validity of the polling on Sunday &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;s1&quot;&gt;April 16th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight:400;&quot;&gt;. By the way, he is planning to have another go by proposing a second referendum on the reinstatement of the death penalty &#8211; abolished in 2004 as a result of a referendum-, as well as an other one on the continuation of Turkey’s accession negotiations to the European Union.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight:400;&quot;&gt;The first topic is considered as a red line not to cross by Brussels. German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel in the Bild newspaper, stated that bringing back death penalty would be &laquo;&nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight:400;&quot;&gt;synonymous with the end of the European dream&nbsp;&raquo; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight:400;&quot;&gt;for Turkey. &laquo;&nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight:400;&quot;&gt;It is in its own interest not to distance itself further from Europe&nbsp;&raquo; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight:400;&quot;&gt;the minister continued. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight:400;&quot;&gt;But in his victory speech on Monday, Erdogan rejected the views of the European Union. &laquo;&nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight:400;&quot;&gt;Our concern is not what George, or Hans, or Helga says. Our concern is what Hatice, Ayse, Fatma, Ahmet, Mehmet, Hasan, Hüseyin says. What Allah says. That&rsquo;s why our parliament will make this decision&nbsp;&raquo;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;p1&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;s1&quot;&gt;It seems difficult for Ankara to de-escalate the situation as the referendum result has left the country divided. EU Commission urged the Turkish authorities « to seek the broadest possible national consensus ». Stability inside the country is vital in order to then discuss on a bilateral, regional and international level.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight:400;&quot;&gt;Relations between Turkey and EU appear to have reached an all-time low. Ankara indeed introduced its request for membership of the European Union as soon as 1987. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;s1&quot;&gt;Turkey’s accession negotiations have been at a standstill for years, but neither of the parties are resigned to abandon them formally.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify;&quot;&gt;This afternoon, MEPs will debate about this referendum with EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini during the plenary session in Brussels.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:right;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight:400;&quot;&gt;Marine Pernod&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration:underline;&quot;&gt;Sources : &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;font-weight:400;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight:400;&quot;&gt;Joint statement by President Juncker, High Representative/Vice-President Mogherini and Commissioner Hahn on the referendum in Turkey&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_STATEMENT-17-981_en.htm&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight:400;&quot;&gt;http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_STATEMENT-17-981_en.htm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;font-weight:400;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight:400;&quot;&gt;Statement by the Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland on the outcome of the Turkish constitutional referendum&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.coe.int/en/web/portal/-/statement-by-council-of-europe-secretary-general-thorbj-rn-jagland-on-the-outcome-of-the-turkish-constitutional-referendum&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight:400;&quot;&gt;http://www.coe.int/en/web/portal/-/statement-by-council-of-europe-secretary-general-thorbj-rn-jagland-on-the-outcome-of-the-turkish-constitutional-referendum&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;font-weight:400;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight:400;&quot;&gt;OSCE/ODIHR declaration&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.osce.org/odihr/elections/turkey/303681&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight:400;&quot;&gt;http://www.osce.org/odihr/elections/turkey/303681&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;BILLETTE (A.), &laquo;&nbsp;Un futur superprésident et une Turquie divisée&nbsp;&raquo;, La Libre, 18 avril 2017&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;JONES (D.), &laquo;&nbsp;Challenges to contested Turkish referendum grow&nbsp;&raquo;, Voanews, 21 avril 2017&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.voanews.com/a/contested-turkish-referendum-challenges-grow/3820641.html&quot;&gt;http://www.voanews.com/a/contested-turkish-referendum-challenges-grow/3820641.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;GENUIS (G.), &laquo;&nbsp;What we can learn from the Turkish referendum about immigration&nbsp;&raquo;, HuffPost Canada, 24 avril 2017&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
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