EU Joint Parliamentary Commission

The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) boycotted the 76th Turkey-EU Joint Parliamentary Commission (KPK) meeting on March 19 in protest at the "autocratic rule" of the Turkish government and its "insincere and oppressive" policies.

A planned joint parliamentary meeting between Turkey and EU representatives was postponed for a month due to lawmakers' busy agenda, the Turkish co-chair of the joint commission has said, after a European lawmaker accused Ankara of delaying the event in order to avoid criticism.