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Salvini calls for Turkey’s EU application to be definitively rejected

cde.news desk · 1 min read
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epa06191789 Turkish national flag flying close to the European Union flag in Istanbul, Turkey, 08 September 2017. After the German elections television debate between Merkel and Social Democrat challenger Martin Schulz on 03 September, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused them of 'bowing down to populism and prejudice' after both said they would seek an end to membership talks between the EU and Turkey. EPA-EFE/ERDEM SAHIN

Deputy Italian Prime Minister and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini on Monday called for Turkey’s application to join the EU to be definitively rejected.

Salvini, who is also leader of the far-right Lega, made this declaration as he met with the heads of other European right-wing parties in Milan. “Turkey is not in Europe and it never will be,” Salvini told a press conference at the gathering entitled ‘Towards a Common Sense Europe, Peoples Rise Up’.

In Milan, Salvini said that  the accession process should be cancelled and definitively stopped.

Among the figures taking part in the event are Jörg Meuthen of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, Anders Vistisen of the Danish People’s Party and Olli Kotro of the Finns Party.

 

Via Sky TG24

 

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