On Monday 29 May, EU representatives congratulated Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on his re-election the previous day. He was elected with 52.1% of the vote against 47.9% for his Social Democrat rival, Kemal Kiliçdaroglu.
On Twitter, the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, and the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said they were looking forward to further developing EU-Turkey relations. “It is of strategic importance for both the EU and...