Although the German and Austrian foreign ministers, Sigmar Gabriel and Sebastian Kurz respectively, confirmed their countries' resolve on Thursday 7 September to suspend the EU accession negotiations with Turkey, many other ministers insisted on continuing the process, difficult as it might be.
"I am not in favour of a halt to the negotiations because I think that not talking is not a constructive way of moving forward", the Finnish foreign minister, Timo Soini, said on his arrival at the...