Wednesday, May 04, 2016

EU Commission backs visa-free travel deal with Turkey

The European Commission has given its support to a visa-free travel deal with Turkey after Ankara threatened to back out of a landmark migration deal. It is proposed to lift visa requirements by the end of June.

The decision was confirmed by European Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager on Twitter.

“The European Commission is today proposing to... lift the visa requirements for the citizens of Turkey,” Vestager tweeted

EU governments and the European Parliament still have to approve visa-free travel for Turkey .... https://www.rt.com