The Finnish EU presidency has raised the political stakes in the faltering EU-Turkey talks, giving Ankara just over two weeks to put them back on track and calling on the European Commission to concretely say what it will do if no solution is found.
In a speech on Monday (20 November), Finnish prime minister and current head of the EU Matti Vanhanen said that "time is running out."
"If there is no agreement and Turkey does not honour its commitments, the EU will need to consider t...
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