Thursday, August 04, 2016

European Commission chief Juncker rejects Austria's call for EU to end membership talks with Turkey

Berlin (AFP) - European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker on Thursday rejected Austria's call for the EU to end membership talks with Ankara, warning that it would be a grave error.

"If one gives the impression to Turkey now that, no matter what, the EU is not ready to take in Turkey, then I would say that is a serious foreign policy mistake," Juncker told German public broadcaster ARD.

"I don't think it would be helpful if we were to unilaterally end negotiations with Turkey," he said, adding that in any case such decisions can only be made with unanimity from all member states .... https://www.yahoo.com