German Prime Minister Merkel: “We reject Turkey’s full membership to the EU”

Three months to elections in Germany, Prime Minister Merkel announced the electoral program of her party. Prime Minister Merkel opposed Turkey’s EU membership in the electoral program.

CDU / CSU the government’s major partner in Germany have determined in the electoral program what policy they should pursue about Turkey. Angela Merkel, the leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), and Horst Seehofer, leader of Christian Social Union (CSU), announced the election program they had agreed on, at a joint press conference at the CDU Center.

Turkey was given a separate section in the election program of the two parties. Following statement was mentioned in the program: “We know the strategic and economic importance of Turkey in terms of relations between people living in our Europe and our countries. For this reason, we want to deepen relations between Turkey and the EU. A closer and special cooperation is in the interests of both Europeans and Turks. We are in favor of a strong cooperation between Turkey and the EU as much as possible, and strategic alliances on external and security policy issues. “

We reject Turkey’s full membership to the EU because it does not meet the conditions of membership. We are deeply concerned about the state of law in Turkey and the recent developments in freedom of expression and press freedom, in specific.