Turkey will never become a member of the European Union, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel finally said so in public. “The fact is clear that Turkey should not become a member of the EU,” she said in an election debate with her opponent, Martin Shulz. “I’ll speak to my colleagues to see if we can reach a joint position on this so that we can end these accession talks.”
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(FILES) This file photo taken on Oct. 31, 2012 shows German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) addressing a press conference after meeting for talks at the chancellery in Berlin.
