The worry could be that Ankara will gain an advantage in terms of its EU bid as a result of this crisis, as some member states to not want to grant it. It is Merkel who, after all, spearheaded the campaign against Turkey’s full membership, and now she is promising to help push this bid along under force of necessity. It is not beyond the scope of imagination, therefore, that Turkey was not invited to this summit in order to prevent it from securing important quid pro quos in return for its cooperation in helping to alleviate the migrant crisis. The thinking still appears to be that Europe demands and Turkey does what is said.
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