On Tuesday 30 August, the European commissioner for the digital economy and society, Günther Oettinger, said that Turkey would probably not join the EU as long as it was led by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
"This is an issue that will probably be on the agenda after Erdogan", he said in an interview published by German daily newspaper Bild. "Given the current conditions, accession is not realistic until we are well into the next decade ", he said.
When asked about this, European...