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1 TABLING SERVICE INDICATIVE VOTING LIST FINAL VERSION/ Report: PIRI (A8-034/07) [init.] 06 Report on Turkey Committee: Committee on Foreign Affairs Subject of the amendment Am No Author RCV etc. Vote Remarks 8 Greens/ EFA 3 EFDD RCV 7 EFDD RCV 8 6 ENF RCV adoption 6= 3 falls 3 EFDD RCV 9 9 Greens/ EFA 5 EPP 3 8 EUL/NGL 6 oral amendment 7 4 Greens/ EFA 8 9 EUL/NGL RCV 9 separate

2 Subject of the amendment Am No Author RCV etc. Vote Remarks 0 0 Greens/ EFA 0D EUL/NGL original text RCV RCV 3 RCV EUL/NGL adoption = falls Greens/ EFA 3 4 EFDD RCV adoption 4 = / fall Greens/ EFA EUL/NGL 5 5 EFDD RCV adoption 5 = 7 falls 7 ENF RCV 6 4 EUL/NGL adoption 4 = 3 falls 3 Greens/ EFA 7 RCV 3 4 RCV After 6 6 EPP 8 8 ENF RCV

3 Subject of the amendment Am No Author RCV etc. Vote Remarks After 30 9 ENF RCV After 3 30 ENF RCV 3 ENF RCV 33 5 EUL/NGL 36 separate Citation 4 separate Citation 7 separate Citation 8 After citation 6 Greens/ EFA After citation 7 Greens/ EFA Citation 3 separate Citation 6 separate Citation 9 separate Citation 7 EUL/NGL separate Recital A separate vote: resolution (as a whole) RCV D=Deleting amendment vote "FOR"=delete text vote "AGAINST"=maintain text There is no vote on the original text Amendment 3 is withdrawn. Requests for roll-call votes EFDD: am,, 3, 4 and 5 3

4 EUL/NGL: am 9 ENF: am 6-3, 7,, and 3 Requests for separate votes ENF: 9, 36, citation 4, 7, 3, 6, 9, and recital A Requests for votes S&D Am 5 deletion of uninterrupted nd part: deletion of commits to stepping up its efforts to engage with the Turkish Cypriot community in its preparation to fully integrate into the EU, and calls on the Commission to do the same Greens/ EFA 7 nd part: Commends the engagement... education for Syrian children; calls on Ankara... signed with Bulgaria and Greece; EFDD 7 Text as a whole excluding the words notes the EU-Turkey... vulnerable refugees in Turkey and the EU- Turkey Readmission Agreement and nd part: these words [ROLL-CALL VOTE] ENF nd part: 8 nd part: 7 nd part: nd part: 3rd part: 5 nd part: Underlines that heinous terror attacks and a violent... a fair trial Calls on the... without delay if the constitutional... fundamental rights Text as a whole excluding the words regrets that... inclusion of Roma these words Calls on Turkey... EU and Turkey is of the opinion... whenever relevant recommends... EU-Turkey relations Calls on the... pre-accession funds if accession negotiations... academics and journalists Citation 8 having regard to... of the negotiations 4

5 nd part: and the need... prejudice and discrimination Voting scheme 7 Commends the engagement... education for Syria children excluding notes the EU-Turkey... vulnerable refugees in Turkey nd part: notes the EU-Turkey... vulnerable refugees in Turkey [ROLL-CALL VOTE] 3rd part: calls on Ankara... signed with Bulgaria and Greece excluding the EU-Turkey Readmission Agreement and 4th part: the EU-Turkey Readmission Agreement and [ROLL-CALL VOTE] Miscellaneous Renate Sommer will move the following amendment to 6: Is seriously concerned about the lack of respect for the freedom of religion, about discrimination against religious minorities, including Christians and Alevis, and violence on religious grounds, including verbal and physical attacks, stigmatisation and social pressure at schools, and problems in relation to legally establishing a place of worship; calls on the Turkish authorities to promote positive and effective reforms in the area of freedom of thought, conscience and religion, by enabling religious communities to obtain legal personality, allowing charitable foundations to elect their governing bodies, eliminating all restrictions on the training, appointment and succession of the clergy, complying with the relevant judgements of the ECtHR and the recommendations of the Venice Commission and by eliminating all forms of discrimination or barriers based on religion; calls on Turkey to respect the distinct character and importance of the Ecumenical Patriarchate and to recognise its legal personality; reiterates the need to allow the reopening of the Halki Seminary and lift all obstacles to its proper functioning; is concerned about the recent seizure of the churches in the region of Diyarbakir; urges the government to return them to their rightful owners; urges the Turkish authorities to combat seriously all manifestations of anti-semitism in society; 5

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