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Austrian FM: Austria will veto EU membership talks with Turkey

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Source is a German interview with Spiegel Online
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausla...eu-gespraechen-mit-der-tuerkei-a-1125349.html

Kurz: Es bedarf der Einstimmigkeit. Wenn der Beschluss für uns nicht vertretbar ist, werde ich den Schlussfolgerungen nicht zustimmen. Wir ziehen hier übrigens an einem Strang mit den Niederlanden und mit Bulgarien. Das österreichische Parlament hat ebenso wie das niederländische beschlossen, dass es ein Einfrieren der Verhandlungen geben sollte. Im kleinen Kreis sagen mir viele EU-Politiker, unsere Haltung sei die richtige. Darüber hinaus habe ich übrigens wenig Verständnis dafür, die über alle Parteigrenzen hinweg getroffene Resolution des EU-Parlaments einfach zu ignorieren.

English article on this by RT, couldn't find another English site.
https://************/news/369915-austria-block-turkey-eu-accession/

Before the crucial meeting, the EU’s General Affairs Council of foreign ministers, which meets once a month, will convene to discuss the potential role of Ankara in the EU.

At the meeting, Austria intends to block the continuation of EU accession talks with Turkey, the country’s Foreign Minister, Sebastian Kurz, told Spiegel online.

“The European Parliament has adopted a courageous and correct resolution demanding that the accession negotiations with Turkey be frozen. In the conclusions of the Foreign Ministers, there must also be a reaction to developments in Turkey. We must also propose that the accession talks be frozen,” Kurz said.

“I have always warned not to make us dependent [on Turkey]. We must protect our external borders and be able to decide who is allowed to immigrate to Europe and who is not,” he stressed.

The Austrian Foreign Minister Kurz says the Netherlands and Bulgaria agree on blocking the continuation of the talks as does the Europen Parliament, while Merkel and Juncker say doing so would be a bad decision.

The meeting is this Tuesday.
 
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