Europe Should Keep Turkey Close

EU-Turkey relations have deteriorated sharply in recent years, and even maintaining transactional co-operation could become increasingly difficult. The challenge for Europe is how to prevent relations from souring further. The EU should avoid the temptation to end accession negotiations until there is a better alternative in place, and maintain high-level dialogue with Turkey to help preserve a degree of trust and facilitate co-operation.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Turkey and the European Union http://www.europeansources.info/record/relations-with-turkey/

Centre for European Reform: Insight, October 2017: Turkey and the EU: no end to the drift (et al) http://www.europeansources.info/record/turkey-and-the-eu-no-end-to-the-drift/

Carnegie Europe: Strategic Europe, 22.01.18: A Sea Change for Turkey in Europe (et al) http://www.europeansources.info/record/a-sea-change-for-turkey-in-europe/

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