Turkey has firmly rejected the idea of pursuing a privileged partnership with the EU instead of full membership.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he did not want to discuss the idea which has been strongly pushed by the German opposition Christian Democrats (CDU).
Full membership of the EU would mean that the Union is not a "christian club", said Mr Erdogan.
"Until now it was not part of the discussion and we will not bring it into the discussion", said the T...
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