While the question of Turkish EU membership is expected to become a major issue in the European Parliament election campaign in Germany, a new German report says that Turkey is far from being politically ready to join the EU.
A study published on Monday (1 March) by the Osteuropa-Institut, a Munich-based research institute, says it is "not very likely" that Ankara will meet the European Union’s democratic and human rights criteria before the end of this year.
Next December, the ...
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