European Commission 6 September 2017, REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL AND THE COUNCIL Seventh Report on the Progress made in the implementation of the EU-Turkey Statement

EUROPEAN COMMISSION Brussels, 6.9.2017 COM(2017) 470 final REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL AND THE COUNCIL Seventh Report on the Progress made in the implementation of the EU-Turkey Statement Introduction During the period covered by this Seventh Report 1 , the EU-Turkey Statement of 18 March 2016 2 has continued to play a key role in ensuring that the