In addition, the document explicitly lays out the possibility that talks could be suspended in the event of a "serious and persistent breach by Turkey of the principles of liberty, democracy, respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms and the rule of law on which the Union is founded".
Pored toga, dokument izričito pominje mogućnost da pregovori budu suspendovani u slučaju “da Turska teško i uporno bude kršila principe slobode, demokratije, poštovanja ljudskih prava i fundamentalnih sloboda i vladavine zakona, na kojima je Unija zasnovana”.