Berlin calls Turkey’s EU membership into question
Germany’s political parties negotiating a coalition government announced on Tuesday that the European Union may not be able to accept Turkey as a member while making clear the EU’s “privileged relationship” with Ankara should be developed further.
“If the EU is not in a position to accept (new members) or if Turkey is not able to fully meet the criteria for membership, Turkey should be bound closer to European structures, allowing it to further develop the privileged relationship it enjoys with the EU and Germany”, reads the paper, a copy of which was obtained by Reuters.
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