Sudo-history: BoJo likens Crimea’s accession to Russia to Nazis’ occupation of Czechoslovakia

UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson seems to have become fixated on comparing Russia with Nazi Germany. Most recently, he has likened Crimea’s reunification with Russia to Hitler’s annexation of the Sudetenland. The trouble with raising the specter of an enemy is that one can very easily take it too far. Johnson has apparently been so […]

EU Parliament calls for Turkish accession talks to be suspended

Published time: 6 Jul, 2017 10:44 Edited time: 6 Jul, 2017 10:53 The European Parliament has asked for Turkey’s EU accession talks to be suspended if Ankara goes ahead with a planned constitutional reform which would grant sweeping powers to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Ankara said on Thursday that it rejects proposals to drop its […]

Erdogan: Turkey may hold Brexit-style referendum on EU accession bid

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced plans to hold a “Brexit-like” referendum on whether Ankara should carry on with a process to join the European Union, amid strained relations with its western partners. A new vote on the EU accession bid might be organized in Turkey after the April 16 constitutional referendum, which could […]