EU-Turkey relations

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced an additional €1 billion aid for Turkey’s management of Syrian refugees in the country.

Long-standing refusal by official Turkey to recognize the Republic of Cyprus, an EU member-state, again negatively highlighted in the report

A report on the Union's enlargement will be unveiled next Wednesday, with a draft citing support for a 'positive agenda' with Turkey but in a gradual, proportionate and reversible manner

At a previous Gymnich meeting, held under the Belgian presidency, proposals to invite Hakan Fidan to participate met with resistance, since the EU had not adopted conclusions on the Cyprus issue