French President François Hollande said today there will be no concessions made to Turkey on human rights or visas in exchange for a deal to halt the flow of migrants to Europe.
“There cannot be any concessions on the matter of human rights or the criteria for visa liberalization,” Hollande told reporters ahead of the resumption next week of tough negotiations between Ankara and the 28-nation EU.
All eyes are focused now on March 17 and the start of a two-day EU-Turkey summit to finalize the commitment and clinch an iron-clad deal which European leaders hope would allow for a return to normalcy at their borders by the end of the year.
However, the United Nations and human rights groups warned that the deal in exchange for visa liberation for Turks and EU’s pledge of 3 billion euros could be illegal.
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