Turkey, EU open new chapter in membership talks: officials

Turkey and the European Union on Monday officially opened a new section in Ankara's long-stalled membership process as part of a deal aimed at tackling the migrant crisis, officials said. "The opening of Chapter 17 is part of the re-energising of Turkey's accession process as agreed at the EU-Turkey summit in November," Luxembourg Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn, whose country holds the EU presidency, told a press conference. The opening of the new chapter -- on economic and monetary policy -- w