Fischer warns against keeping Turkey out of the EU

German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer has warned against keeping Turkey out of the EU.

Speaking during an official visit to Ankara on Wednesday (21 January), Mr Fischer said a "high price" would be paid if this were to happen adding that, for Europe's security, Turkey is more important than a "missile defence system".

However, he also told the Turkish paper Hürriyet that Germany and other countries in the EU had both rational and emotional objections against Turkey that have to ...