On Thursday 7 November, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan called for his country’s membership prospects to be strengthened, arguing that this was in the interests of Europe and the region at a time when negotiations have been frozen since 2018.
“There is no reasonable justification for blocking for years the accession of a member country like Turkey, which significantly contributes to the prosperity and security of the continent. In the current geopolitical conjecture, it is...