More generally, I am grateful to him for his efforts to move forward our often rather complicated relations with Turkey, both as rapporteur and above all as a member of the European Parliament's contact group or Joint Working Party. ###>de faire avancer nos relations souvent compliquée avec la Turquie, en tant que rapporteur mais surtout en tant que membre de ce que nous appelons le groupe de contact du Parlement européen, ou en anglais le Joint working party.