German Politician in EU Parliament Rules Out Turkish Accession

© AP Photo / Burhan OzbilicA Turkish guard of honor hold a EU and a Turkish flag (File)
A Turkish guard of honor hold a EU and a Turkish flag (File) - Sputnik International
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According to a German politician, Ankara has zero chance of becoming a member of the European Union.

BERLIN (Sputnik) — Turkey does not stand a chance of becoming an EU member any time soon, the chairman of Bavaria’s Christian Social Union (CSU) faction in the European Parliament said Saturday.

"We need separate deals with Turkey to move ahead on practical issues, on daily life, economy, culture, student exchanges. In our view, this would make more sense than EU membership, which is not happening," Manfred Weber told a German newspaper, the Neue Osnabruecker Zeitung.

Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan attends a Republic Day ceremony at Anitkabir, the mausoleum of modern Turkey's founder Ataturk, to mark the republic's anniversary as he is flanked by Prime Minister Binali Yildirim (R) in Ankara, Turkey, October 29, 2016. - Sputnik International
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The German politician said Europe would not be pressured by Turkey after Ankara threatened to open the doors to the European Union for thousands of Syrian refugees. He said the bloc was keeping its end of the deal with Turkey, providing it with funds for Syrian schoolchildren.

A lot has changed in the past year and a half, Weber continued.

"We will clearly be able to tackle the issue [refugee inflows] if needed without the assistance of Turkish government. Turkey needs Europe more than the other way round," he added.

The European Parliament passed a resolution on Thursday urging Brussels to put Turkey’s EU accession bid on ice until its government stopped the crackdown on dissent it launched in the aftermath of the failed July coup.

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