EU officials call for halting Turkey accession talks

‘EU parliamentarians have called on the European Union to halt Turkey membership negotiations over Ankara’s post-coup crackdown.
“Our message to Turkey is very clear: accession negotiations should be frozen immediately,” said Manfred Weber, the head of the center-right European People’s Party, which is the European Parliament’s largest faction.
Moreover, Gianni Pittella, the head of parliament’s second biggest faction, the socialist group, said “We want to freeze the accession talks.”‘
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