Courtesy of Mish.
The problem with paying bribes, is the request for more money never stops.
I discussed the bribe setup on October 16, in Bargaining With the Devil: Germany Bribes Turkey With Aid Package, EU Sidelines Highly Critical Report on Turkey’s Free Speech Record.
In return for holding more refugees, Turkey demanded …
- €3bn in fresh funds
- Unblocking about five chapters in Turkey’s EU membership negotiations
- Visa-free access for 78 million Turks to the Schengen border-free area by 2016
Merkel was prepared to go along with that request, but things have changed already.
Turkey’s ‘Concentration Camp’
Shortly after meeting with Merkel, Turkey upped its monetary demand and placed other demands as well.
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu now says Turkey Should Not Become ‘Concentration Camp’ for Migrants.
Turkey wants fresh funding from the European Union in exchange for stopping migrants streaming to Europe but should not be expected to turn itself into a “concentration camp” for refugees, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Monday.
Both President Tayyip Erdogan and Davutoglu, whose AK Party faces a general election on Nov. 1, are keen to avoid any impression of weakness in dealing with European nations they say have only just realized Turkey’s value in the migrant crisis and are digging in their heels on the funding issue.
“We can’t accept this idea that ‘we’ve given this to Turkey, and Turkey is satisfied, so all migrants should stay in Turkey’,” Davutoglu said in an interview on Turkey’s Ahaber TV. “Nobody should expect Turkey to become a country housing all migrants, like a concentration camp.”
EU leaders at a summit in Brussels last week said they had agreed on a migration “action plan” with Ankara, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the figure of 3 billion euros ($3.4 billion) had been discussed.
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