Merkel calls Turkey 'right' in wanting to share refugee task with Europe
(MENAFN- The Journal Of Turkish Weekly) >German ChancellorAngela Merkelhas said Turkey “rightfully” wanted to share the burden of more than 2.5 million migrants with the European Union. “We received under one million refugees last year it was around 230000 a year ago [in 2014]. Turkey on the other hand took in already around 2.5 million refugees and now says rightfully that it wants to share the task with Europe” Merkel toldGermannewspaper Bild am Sonntag in an interview published on March 6. Merkel said with the money promised to Turkey by the EU Turkey could build schools for Syrian refugee children and create work opportunities for refugees in Turkey. Meanwhile theGermangovernment has doubts about Turkey’s prospects of becoming a full member of the European UnionGermanFinance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble said in an interview with BBC released on March 6. In response to a question about Turkey’s possible future accession to the bloc he said theGermangovernment had major doubts about whether it should become a full EU member. “It will be a long time before we reach the end of negotiations with Turkey” Schäuble said according to a translation of the interview broadcast on March 6. “This is a question for the coming years it is not a worry at the present time.”
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