EU Parliament votes for freeze of Turkish membership talks

The European Parliament on Thursday voted to freeze membership talks with Turkey over its "disproportionate" post-coup crackdown, further escalating tensions with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Turkey immediately branded the non-binding vote "insignificant", while Erdogan had already said in his latest broadside against the European Union that the result was worthless. Most EU states meanwhile want to keep the Turkey talks on track, but the vote by a large majority of MEPs will only add to the