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Germany backs opening ‘new chapter’ in EU-Turkey talks: Merkel

Aylin D. Miller
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Designated German Finance Minister and Vice-Chancellor Olaf Scholz of the SPD (3R), German Chancellor Angela Merkel of the CDU (C) and German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer of the CSU (5R) pose with the coalition treaty of the conservative CDU/CSU party and the Social Democrats to form a new government flanked by parliamentary group leader of the Social Democrats (SPD) Andrea Nahles, parliamentary group leaders of the Christian democrats (CDU) Volker Kauder and of the Bavarian Christian Social Union (CSU) Alexander Dobrindt General, Secretary of the CDU, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer and Secretary General of the CSU Andreas Scheuer in Berlin, on March 12, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / John MACDOUGALL (Photo credit should read JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP/Getty Images)

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel backs opening a new chapter to continue talks on whether Turkey should join the European Union. (Reuters)

By ASSOCIATED PRESS

BERLIN

German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she backs opening a new chapter in stalled talks on Turkey’s membership of the European Union.

Despite being skeptical about Turkey’s membership herself, Merkel says she is willing to continue negotiations with Ankara without prejudice as to the outcome.

The leader of Europe’s biggest economy spoke in pre-recorded video broadcast Saturday ahead of her trip to Turkey Sunday and Monday.

Merkel is scheduled to visit German troops operating NATO missile batteries in Kahramanmaras near the Syrian border on Sunday.

On Monday, she is due to confer with members of the Turkish government in Ankara.

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