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Thursday, August 25, 2016

EU to Turkey: Do you really want to join?

EU to Turkey: Do you really want to join?

By Andrew Rettman
BRUSSELS, Today, 09:25

The EU has urged Turkey to clarify if it still wants to join the bloc, as relations between Ankara and Western allies deteriorate.

The EU’s enlargement commissioner, Johannes Hahn, spoke out in Austrian newspaper Die Presse on Wednesday (24 August), saying EU concern was "justified" that Turkey had violated rule of law in its purge after the failed putsch in July.

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