Germany’s Angela Merkel told Britain Thursday it should have no “illusions” it would retain the rights of an EU member after Brexit, hardening the tone ahead of a summit of the remaining 27 nations. “A third-party state will not have the same rights or even superior rights to a member ...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday that EU-Turkey relations have been severely hit by actions taken by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government. “The developments over the past weeks have severely hit German-Turkish ties as well as European-Turkish relations,” she told parliament, saying in particular that Ankara’s arrest and treatment of ...