The EU Bows To German Pressure To Delay Turkey’s Membership Talks – Analysis
June 28, 2013
Istanbul, Turkey
By Elcano Royal Institute
By William Chislett
The EU averted a possible derailment of embattled Turkey’s moribund accession negotiations by agreeing to open the first chapter in three years, but not this month as originally promised because of Ankara’s excessively brutal handling of the demonstrations which have rocked the country and particularly appalled Angela Merkel, Germany’s Chancellor.[1] Failure to have opened the chapter –on regional policy– could well have led the Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, an abrasive figure, to pull the plug on the negotiations.
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