On Thursday 19 October, the EU heads of state and government asked the European Commission to consider a reduction and/or re-orientation of the pre-accession funds for Turkey, due to the human rights situation in that country.
"We agreed on a request to consider, and make proposals on, the re-orientation of aid, possibly correcting it downwards", Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker stated at the end of the European Council. These proposals will come "soon, very soon", "in the...