The European Commission depicted Turkey as far from fulfilling the conditions for EU membership in its 2020 progress report (see separate news item) on Tuesday 6 October.
Thus, in its 126-page report, the Commission considers that, despite the lifting of the state of emergency in June 2018, “the negative effects of the emergency decision, which lasted two years, continued to have a significant impact on democracy and fundamental rights”.
The Commissioner for Enlargement, Olivér...