‘Power in Ankara’s Hands’: Migration Crisis Puts EU in ‘Desperate Position’
SputnikNews.com
05.05.2016
On Wednesday, the European Commission recommended the implementation of a visa-free regime with Turkey as part of the EU-Turkey deal on migration. In an interview with Sputnik, expert on EU-Turkey relations Can Baydarol commented on this decision and shared his thoughts about the introduction of visa-free travel with Turkey.
Turkey has yet to meet the EU’s requirements on human rights, press freedom and minority treatment before qualifying for the free travel deal. According to Baydarol, all the conditions were formulated by the EU back in 2013, and if Turkey would have started undertaking active steps at that time, it would have already met most of the requirements.
“If Ankara would have started to gradually implement the EU conditions since 2013, most requirements would have already been met. In this case, we see a significant delaying of the process on the Turkish side,” Baydarol said in an interview with Sputnik.
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