Germany has given its support to a European Commission proposal to partially suspend EU membership talks with Turkey and backed down from setting Ankara an ultimatum.
Speaking after discussions with French president Jaques Chirac and Poland's Lech Kaczynski on Tuesday (5 December), German chancellor Angela Merkel called Brussels' proposal to suspend eight of 35 areas in Turkey's membership talks a "good basis" for discussions.
But she backed away from an earlier call to set a firm...
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