EU Should Stick To Commitment To Pursue Negotiations With Turkey, Spokesman

BRUSSELS - European Union should stick to the commitment to pursue negotiations with Turkey, a spokesman for the European Commission said on Tuesday.
"We think we should stick to this commitment. The European Commission advocates pursuing these negotiations," said spokesman Johannes Laitenberger, when asked about German Chancellor Angela Merkel`s Christian Democratic Union`s (CDU) decision to add their party line that CDU opposes Turkey`s EU membership.
Merkel told her party congress in Hannover on Monday that she was opposed to Turkey joining the EU and called for a "privileged partnership" between the EU and Turkey, instead of full membership.