By Xinhua
Istanbul : The cochairman of a Turkey-EU Joint Parliament Committee expressed concern Tuesday over the closure case against the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) in Turkey.
Joost Lagendijk qualified the closure case against the AKP as “a very bad thing” for Turkey.
“It would be bad for Turkey because opponents in Europe would be pleased with the ongoing legal process in Turkey,” Lagendijk said in an interview after a conference in Istanbul on Turkey’s EU accession process.
He said that Turkey might not do anything for EU membership process in coming months.
He suggested that the government should make new reforms if it wanted to show its commitment to the EU membership bid. It would be wise for the ruling party to maintain its reforms.
The Constitutional Court of Turkey decided Monday to examine an indictment on closure of the ruling AKP.