How Merkel and Europe came to embrace Erdoğan
The refugee crisis changes EU’s tune on Turkey.
By
Matthew Karnitschnig
10/16/15, 8:05 PM CET
At the outbreak of the refugee crisis, Europe’s leaders insisted the region’s response be guided by the principles of solidarity and humanity. With no end to the refugee march in sight, those lofty aspirations are fading as the continent trades its modern European ideal for a 19th century German tactic: Realpolitik.
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