Brussels Edition: Turkey Tests EU’s Resolve
By Nikos Chrysoloras and Viktoria Dendrinou
March 2, 2020, 12:56 AM EST
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Migration is proving to be Europe’s soft underbelly again. EU foreign policy is being held hostage by Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who signaled that Turkey won’t stand in the way if refugees it hosts want to leave. Greece responded by announcing the suspension of fundamental principles of international and EU law to cope with the looming crisis. After failing to agree on a joint position over the weekend, government envoys will meet in Brussels today. Critics might say that the EU could have saved itself from such embarrassments if it had managed to agree on a system to control migration and share any burdens that come with it.
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