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Greece's foreign minister has said it's in the best interests of his country, Cyprus and the European Union that Turkey's faltering bid to join the bloc stays on track.

In response, eight EU members recognized Juan Guaido as the South American nation's president.

Maduro on Monday informed the EU that the ultimatum was rejected and that (early) presidential elections would not be held in Venezuela. He claims that the recent elections were legitimate.

Turkey's European Union membership will make the EU a global power, according to the top Turkish diplomat in charge of EU affairs.

President of the Senate Calin Popescu-Tariceanu pleaded for the defence and strengthening of cohesion at the level of the entire European Union, and underscored the European Parliament's (EP) role in the cooperation at the level of the EU and its institutions.

Prime Minister Viorica Dancila on Thursday said that, regardless of the scenario in which the negotiations on Brexit with the UK take place, the EU's priority must remain the protection of the rights of the European citizens who live, work or study in the UK.

The official overseeing the European Union's future enlargement has said that, in the long term, it would be "more honest" for the bloc to give up talks on membership for Turkey.

According to Croatian newspaper Jutarnji List, this is what the Brussels-based website EURACTIV.com is reporting.

The daily's text, signed by Augustin Palokaj, says that "essentially the biggest 'enemies' of Serbia on the road to EU membership are actually Germany and France, that do not want to give up rules that each EU member state has the right of veto on enlargement."

The EU official in charge of neighborhood policy and enlargement negotiations "warned that Beijing could turn countries in the region into Trojan horses that would one day be European Union members," the website Politico is reporting.

Hahn told Politico that "China's combination of capitalism and a political dictatorship" could appeal to some leaders in the region.

The London conference within the framework of the Berlin Process is being held this Monday and tomorrow. Dacic is already in London, where he visited the grave of Karl Marx.

Prime Minister Boyko Borissov has informed EU diplomats about the talks he made during his recent visits abroad, the press service of the cabinet said.

Borisov had a meeting with the Permanent Representatives of the governments of the EU member states, where he said that: