GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES
Put-Downs Abound, but Turkey and the EU Can't Quit Each Other
Mar 20, 2019 | 21:28 GMT
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Highlights
- The European Parliament recently passed a nonbinding resolution calling on the European Union to suspend long-dormant membership talks with Turkey, underscoring the uneasy relationship between the two sides.
- Turkey has a justified list of grievances against the EU membership process, but in the years since talks stalled, EU accession has become a politically expedient way for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to denounce the bloc and mobilize voters.
- Turkey will be election-free until 2023 after municipal elections are held March 31; if Erdogan and his ruling party come out on top, practical necessities will likely motivate each side to attempt a rapprochement of sorts.
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