visa-free entry Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/visa-free-entry/ The low down on African affairs Mon, 23 May 2016 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 visa-free entry Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/visa-free-entry/ 32 32 Merkel says Erdogan must meet all conditions for a visa waiver https://jjcornish.com/2016/05/merkel-says-erdogan-must-meet-conditions-visa-waiver/ Mon, 23 May 2016 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2016/05/merkel-says-erdogan-must-meet-conditions-visa-waiver/ German Chancellor Angela Merkel has told Turkey’s president that Ankara must fulfil all the European Union’s conditions, including revisions to anti-terror laws, to secure visa-free travel for its citizens. In her meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul,  Merkel also expressed concern about a move to strip legislators of their immunity from prosecution. ends intro  […]

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In her meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul,  Merkel also expressed concern about a move to strip legislators of their immunity from prosecution.
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Chancellor Angela Merkel’s taken political flak domestically for her commitment to an EU-Turkey deal aimed at stemming Europe’s migrant influx amid rising tensions with Ankara.
As part of that agreement, the EU planned to accelerate introduction of visa-free entry for Turks. Turkey has fulfilled most of 72 conditions but its refusal to revise anti-terror laws has emerged as a stumbling block.
Merkel  is facing pressure in Germany to be tough with Erdogan. She says she doesn’t expect the visa waiver to be implemented at the beginning of July as was originally hoped.

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