Europe fears Turkey will renege on migrant deal | News | The Times … – The Times (subscription)

Authoritarian Erdogan at odds with Brussels after referendum win

Hannah Lucinda Smith, Istanbul| AntheeCarassava| BrunoWaterfield

Europe is braced for a new migrant crisis after the newly victorious Turkish president indicated that he was preparing for a fight with Brussels by restoring the death penalty and demanding visa-free travel across the Continent.

European diplomats expect Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who won a narrow victory in a constitutional referendum on Sunday, to consolidate his new executive powers by picking political battles with the EU. Fears are growing that the increasingly authoritarian leader will abandon EU membership ambitions by dropping judicial and democratic reforms and issuing an ultimatum on visa-free travel for Turks.

The promise of a deal giving 75 million Turks the right to enter the EUs Schengen area without a visa has been a key condition of Turkeys implementation of an agreement

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