The European Commission proposed that accession negotiations commence with Albania and North Macedonia, in a decision on Wednesday that provides recommendations to the European Council, and put an end to all such talks with Turkey, ANA reports.
Naming Turkey as “a key partner for the EU and a candidate country,” it said that despite the continuing dialogue and cooperation including in migration and support to refugees, the country had failed in its rule of law and human rights record. “Turkey has continued to move further away from the European Union, with serious backsliding in the areas of the rule of law and fundamental rights. In June 2018 the Council noted unanimously that Turkey’s accession negotiations have therefore effectively come to a standstill and no further chapters can be considered for opening or closing. The underlying facts leading to this assessment still hold,” it noted.
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