On Wednesday 24 August, the European commissioner for enlargement negotiations, Johannes Hahn, said he would like Turkey to clarify its position on whether it wanted to join the EU.
"If you want to be a member [of the EU], you must fulfil the criteria. The rules are not negotiable", Hahn said in an interview with Austrian newspaper Die Presse. "Turkey should soon make it clear whether it can and wants to accept these conditions. This open issue is putting pressure on relations" between...