Top consultations between the EU and Turkey have not led to a breakthrough. EU President Donald Tusk acknowledged that no compromises had been achieved, but expressed the hope that the parties would still come closer together in the future.
A summit meeting between Turkey and the EU on Monday in Bulgaria, intended to defrost the relationship, threatens to miss its target. Ankara is angry because the 28 EU leaders have sharply criticized the country.
The European Parliament condemns new human rights violations and the further erosion of the rule of law in Turkey. It rejects, among other things, the arrests of Turkish scientists, journalists, activists, doctors and citizens who have criticized the Turkish military operation in the northern Syrian Afrin region.
The European Union has invited Turkish President Erdogan to a special summit in Varna on the Black Sea. The summit meeting should be March 26th.
French President Emmanuel Macron has strongly criticized the Polish government. Macron believes that Poland is isolating within the European Union and that Polish citizens deserve 'better earn' than a government that does not value democratic values.
