Guenter Verheugen's successor as EU Enlargement Commissioner, Olli Rehn, confirmed Monday that the EC would give the green light for Turkey's talks, but added that "we definitely will need a strong monitoring mechanism in order to monitor Turkey's commitments concerning human rights and the rights of minorities ... and the rule of law."
Naslednik Gintera Ferhojgena na mestu komesara za proširenje EU, Oli Ren, potvrdio je u ponedeljak da će EK dati zeleno svetlo za razgovore sa Turskom, ali je dodao: «Definitivno će nam biti potreban čvrst kontrolni mehanizam da bi pratili posvećenost Turske poštovanju ljudskih prava i prava manjina... i vladavini zakona».