European Union–Turkey relations

Bulgaria's Black sea port of Varna will host a meeting between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and EU heads on March 26, hosted by Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov - whose country now holds the rotational presidency of the Council of the EU.

An EU-Turkey Summit will be held on March 26 in Bulgaria with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expected to be attendance, an EU spokesman said Tuesday, New Europe writes. 

Top European Union officials will meet Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Bulgaria on March 26 to discuss EU-Turkey relations as well as regional and international issues, an EU spokesman said on Feb. 6.

The European Union is considering the possibility of holding a summit with the Turkish leadership, European Commission spokesman Alexander Winterstein said at a press conference.

The EU has made some serious mistakes in its policy on Turkey, EU-Turkey rapporteur Kati Piri told daily Hürriyet on Jan. 24.

Ivan Sirakov, Bulgaria's ambassador to Austria, put the nation on a collision course with the EU as he said stopping the talks is "not in the EU's interest" but Turkey "must be open and honest" .

Mr Sirakov used his speech in Vienna to assure Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Macedonia, Albania and Kosovo that "Europe would not be complete without them". 

The European Union and Turkey are planning a summit in late March, Mediapool reports.

Turkey will not accept a "privileged partnership" with the EU, the country's EU Minister Omer Celik has said, cited by Anadolu Agency .

"If we are offered a privileged partnership, we will not even consider it, and simply reject," Celik told news channel Haberturk on Friday.

There will be no progress in Turkey relations [with the European Union] as long as journalists are detained in Turkey, European Council President Jean-Claude Juncker said in the Bulgarian capital on Jan. 12.

The upper house of the British Parliament has warned about the instability of democracy and of the rule of law in the Western Balkans.

This is contained in the "UK and the future of the Western Balkans" report published by the Select Committee on International Relations.