German chancellor Angela Merkel has promised to shut down Turkey's EU accession talks and defended her open-door refugee policy.
Merkel made the Turkey pledge in a pre-election TV debate with her main rival, former European Parliament head Martin Schulz, on Sunday (3 September).
"The fact is clear that Turkey should not become a member of the EU," she said.
"I'll speak to my [EU] colleagues to see if we can reach a joint position on this so that we can end these accession...
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