Politico: Germany to push for tough line on Turkey with EU leaders
Chancellor Angela Merkel wants ‘determined course of action’ on whether to end or suspend membership talks.
BERLIN — Germany will push the European Union to reconsider its relationship with Turkey — including whether to suspend or terminate accession talks — at the next meeting of EU leaders in October, Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday.
“I will advocate for a determined course of action on the question,” Merkel told the German parliament, looking ahead to the next meeting of the European Council on October 19-20.
Addressing the last plenary session of parliament before Germany’s September 24 general election, Merkel said it was important for the EU to face Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan en bloc and not to “fight over the question of our future dealing with Turkey in front of Erdoğan’s eyes.”
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