Death penalty would bar Turkey’s EU membership: Mogherini

‘EU foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, has warned that Turkey would be barred from joining the bloc if it reintroduces the death penalty to allow the execution of those involved in a recent failed coup in the country.
Speaking in Brussels where she has been meeting with European foreign ministers, Mogherini said that Turkey’s return of the death penalty would bar its EU membership.
“Let me be very clear… no country can become an EU state if it introduces the death penalty,” the EU foreign policy chief said on Monday.’
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