"Now it's getting nasty
By Luke Harding / German election 01:30pm
It has, up until now, been a minor theme in Germany’s general election, but today a row over Turkey’s application to join the EU – and the role of Germans of Turkish origin in Sunday’s poll — has spilled out into the open. Over the past three weeks the conservative leader, Angela Merkel, has made it abundantly clear that she opposes Turkish membership of the European Union. Her Christian Democrat (CDU) party wants to offer Turkey a 'privileged partnership' instead."
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