Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative CDU/CSU bloc and its potential coalition partners could not yet reach a common position on policy regarding Turkey, senior party officials said on Thursday, APA reports quoting Anadolu agency.
Nicola Beer, secretary general of the liberal Free Democratic Party (FDP) told reporters after preliminary coalition talks that more time was needed to bridge differences on Turkey’s EU membership negotiations.
“We are seeing the possibility of an agreement towards not opening and closing particular chapters in Turkey’s EU membership talks,” she said.
“With regards to suspending or terminating these talks, we need more discussions,” she added.
Thursday’s talks among the CDU/CSU, FDP and the Greens were focused on European topics, including EU-Turkey ties, issues of rule of law in a number of EU member states, as well as the Brexit negotiations.
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