EU welcomes democracy package

The EU has praised the democratization package unveiled by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday. EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule's spokesperson Peter Stano said that they carefully followed Erdogan's remarks and appreciated his reference to the EU acquis as a beacon to the package. Stano stated the package has given a hope for progress in various fields such as education in different languages and minority rights. Furthermore European Parliament rapporteur on Turkey Ria Oomen-Ruijten said that the package contained positive proposal such as minority rights and election system and expressed her desire to see the package details. She added that she would closely follow up the implementation.