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URGENT: Merkel Says Turkey Joining EU ‘Not on the Agenda Now’

URGENT: Merkel Says Turkey Joining EU ‘Not on the Agenda Now’
Wed Mar 16, 2016 16:31:54

Turkey’s bid to join the EU is “not on the agenda now,” Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel said Wednesday, ahead of a summit in Brussels when leaders are due to examine proposals from Ankara that tie its membership demands to the migrant crisis.

“Negotiations with Turkey on EU membership are open-ended — they are really not on the agenda now,” said Merkel, adding that conditions for allowing Ankara into the bloc “remain unchanged and will not be changed,” AFP reported.

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