Barrena: EU must take responsibility for peace process
Basque MEP Fernando Barrena said that Turkey and the EU must take action for the release of Abdullah Öcalan and the removal of the PKK from the list of terrorist organizations.
Fernando Barrena, an MEP from the Basque coalition EH Bildu and the Left Group in the European Parliament (GUE/NGL), shared a video message on X (formerly Twitter) using the hashtags #FreeÖcalan and #BijiKurdistan.
Referring to the decisions of the 12th Congress of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), he issued the following call to the European Union (EU) and Turkey: "The step taken by the PKK is a bold and significant move towards ensuring peace and stability in the region. Now, Turkey and the EU must take responsibility for the release of Abdullah Öcalan and the removal of the PKK from the list of terrorist organizations."
