No visa-free travel for Turks if EU conditions not met: Juncker

AFP, BERLIN: Europe will not grant visa-free travel to Turks if Ankara fails to fulfil its end of the deal, European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker said Thursday, after Turkey’s president flatly refused to meet a key EU condition.
“We consider that it is important for these conditions to be fulfilled, otherwise this deal between the EU and Turkey will not happen,” Juncker told a forum organised by German broadcaster WDR.
“If Mr Erdogan wants to pursue his strategy, then he has to answer to the Turkish people why Europe is denying free travel to Turks. That’s not my problem, that will be his problem.”
The EU had dangled the promise of visa-free travel to Turks as part of a landmark March deal between Ankara and Brussels under which Turkey would help reduce the flow of migrants.

No visa-free travel for Turks if EU conditions not met: Juncker

AFP, BERLIN: Europe will not grant visa-free travel to Turks if Ankara fails to fulfil its end of the deal, European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker said Thursday, after Turkeys president flatly refused to meet a key EU condition. We consider that it is important for these conditions to be fulfilled, otherwise this deal between the EU and Turkey will not happen, Juncker told a forum organised by German broadcaster WDR. If Mr Erdogan wants to pursue his strategy, then he has to answer to the Turkish people why Europe is denying free travel to Turks. Thats not my problem, that will be his problem. The EU had dangled the promise of visa-free travel to Turks as part of a landmark March deal between Ankara and Brussels under which Turkey would help reduce the flow of migrants.