EU deals blow to Turkey’s membership bid, saying talks ‘effectively at standstill’

The EU’s executive

The EU’s executive has said that Turkey’s inability to maintain democracy and safeguard human rights remain barriers to its membership of the 27-member bloc. Ankara criticized the report as ‘far from constructive’.

On Tuesday the European Commission released its annual report on the country, and in a summary warned that “accession negotiations have effectively come to a standstill.”

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