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| The Grand Turk |
| Turkey slams Merkel for 'populist' EU membership remark |
| 2017-09-05 |
| [DAWN] ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... on Monday accused German politicians of surrendering to populism and urged them to give up their "careless language" after Chancellor Angela Merkel ...current chancellor of Germany and the impetus behind Germany's remarkably ill-starred immigration program. Merkel used to be referred to by Germans as Mom... said she would seek to end talks on Ankara's accession to the European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... .Relations have been strained between Ankara and Berlin since the crackdown that followed last year's failed coup in Turkey that has seen more than 50,000 people tossed in the calaboose Drop the heater, Studs, or you're hist'try! In a TV showdown with challenger Martin Schulz on Sunday ahead of a September election, Merkel said it was "clear that Turkey should not become a member of the European Union". Merkel said she would discuss with EU counterparts if "we can end these membership talks", adding: "I don't see (Turkey) ever joining and I had never believed that it would happen." |
| Posted by:Fred |