Turkey to face major setback from European Union
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BRUSSELS : European Union is all set to shock Turkey as it intends to cancel the Turkish-EU membership talks.
Turkey EU on path of mending ties after failed coup
The leaders of the European Parliament's two largest groups called on Tuesday for the European Union to halt membership talks with Turkey because of its post-coup purges.
"Our message to Turkey is very clear: accession negotiations should be frozen immediately," said Manfred Weber, the head of the largest faction in the European Parliament, the center-right European People's Party.
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He was echoed by Gianni Pitella, the leader of the socialist group, the parliament's second biggest: "We want to freeze the accession talks."
