“No EU cooperation with Turkey on defense and security as long as it does not respect our common values, borders of all Member States, Democracy, the Rule of Law, Human Rights, International Treaties and International Law of the Sea,” he said in the European Court of Justice. Defense of the European Parliament Nicolas Farantouris. Turkey was also involved in the enclosure with a numerous delegation and headed by Hulusi Akar, Chairman of the Turkish National Defense Committee and former Turkey Defense Minister.
MEP and Professor of European Law Nicholas Farantouris stressed, inter alia:
“Europe has no choice but to enhance its autonomy and its defensive abilities. In this context, however, we need to proceed – in addition to the financial tools – in specific institutional steps that include:
(a) the collective guarantee of the Union’s external borders. Today, the EU is “protecting”, but does not “guarantee” the external borders of the 27 Member States.
(b) The adoption of specific operational tools and modalities for the application of the “mutual assistance clause” (under Article 42.7 of the EU Treaty) “
Addressing the Turkish delegation he said:
“Confidence. Trust needs, as said by the (former) Finnish Niiniströ president. Not only among the 27, but also between the Union and our current or potential allies. We need to be very strict and clear especially on security and defense issues. There can be no cooperation with countries such as Turkey that do not respect our common values, the borders of the Member States, the Republic, the Rule of Law, the Human Rights, the International Treaties and the International Law of the Sea. And we have to make it clear now. Dot.”