European Lawmakers Call to End Turkey-EU Membership Talks

A woman adjusts the Turkish flag next to the European Union flag at the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels (Photo: Reuters/Francois Lenoir)

STRASBOURG, France””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,”