The European Parliament has voted strongly in favour of the critical report on Turkey's EU accession progress, in a Strasbourg plenary vote on Wednesday (27 September).
The 732-strong chamber supported the controversial report by the Dutch centre-right MEP Camiel Eurlings with 429 votes in favour, 71 against and 125 abstentions.
The document criticises the human rights shortcomings of the EU hopeful but refrains from calling for a historical recognition of Armenian genocide as a ...
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