Merkel ‘ready to give in to Turkish blackmail’ on visa free-travel – leaked UK diplomatic cables

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<p>‘UK iplomats believe Germa Cha cellor A gela Merkel is rea y to give i to T rkish Presi e t Er oga ’s “blackmail” a gra t T rkish citize s visa-free access to E rope eve if A kara fails to f lfill all the EU’s ema s, leake iplomatic cables say.</p>
<p>While EU lea ers have bee p blicly i sisti g that visa-free travel to the Sche ge zo e is impossible til A kara meets several co itio s, i cl i g ame i g its a ti-terror laws that are se to persec te issi e ts a me ia, a ew report s ggests that the sta ce is cha gi g behi the stage.</p>
<p>The Telegraph cite a leake iplomatic telegram from Britai ’s ambassa or i Berli , Sir Sebastia Woo , as sayi g that Germa officials close to Merkel are rea y to strike a “compromise form latio ” with T rkey o the terrorism law.’</p>
<p><a href="https://www.rt.com/ ews/346555-merkel- k-cables-t rkey-visas/? tm_so rce=browser& tm_me i m=aplicatio _chrome& tm_campaig =chrome" target="_bla k">Rea more: Merkel ‘rea y to give i to T rkish blackmail’ o visa free-travel – leake UK iplomatic cables</a></p>