"We have to reopen the monitoring procedure for Turkey", said Stefan Schennach (Austria, Socialist Group), adding that "we are supposed to be a House of values, democracy, rule of law". He also said the decision of Turkey's Supreme Election Board (YSK) to reject the referendum annulment requests filed by a number of opposition parties and ordinary citizens is final and can not be challenged by any other institution.
"It is our duty to protect the votes of every citizen that went to the polls", Ms Boke said. "We are confident that we will meet again in more enlightened times". He said the Supreme Council of Election's decision to change the rules after the counting had gone on for more than an hour is "an embarrassing smoking gun for the government". The electoral board has published past rulings on the validity of unstamped ballots.
Norbert Roettgen, a member of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's CDU and head of the Foreign Affairs Committee, has also warned that failure to address the results of Turkey's referendum will only harm Europe.
Turkey will implement an executive presidency from November 2019, axing the role of prime minister and empowering the president to appoint ministers.
The Ankara government maintains that the new system will bring political stability and economic prosperity and will even empower the country's parliament.
EU Commission Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis said that despite the rift between the two, cooperation on issues such as refugees and migrants remained necessary.
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Kurdish elements of the Syrian Democratic Forces, the US' main ally the fight against ISIS in Syria, and the Iraq-based Kurdish Peshmerga both said more than 20 of their fighters together were killed in the airstrikes Tuesday.
"As Turkey with such a constitution can not become an European Union member, it also doesn't make sense to continue discussions on accession", said Piri, echoing a number of other leading figures in the legislature, which a year ago passed a non-binding resolution calling for a suspension of the process.
"The current situation is not sustainable", Hahn said.
The results are due to be announced 11 to 12 days after the April 16 referendum, the YSK has said. Turkey has said it wants Assad removed from power, while Russian Federation is Assad's closest and most powerful ally.
When reporters asked Spicer about the president's opinion on the issue, for once Spicer gave a measured and reasonable response, Oliver said, saying that the White House will wait and see how this plays out in the global community.
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