On May 19, 2021, the European Parliament (EP) published its report on Turkey in which it recommended the suspension of Turkey's European Union accession negotiations.

It argued that "Turkey has distanced itself increasingly from EU values and standards. As a result, relations have been brought to a historic low point."

It is a one-sided assessment that blames the current Turkish government for all the setbacks and dysfunctional relations between Turkey and the EU.

The EP report requests Turkey accept: