FX.co ★ Summit in Brussels: unexpected results

On Monday, the Turkey-EU summit took place in Brussels. The summit participants discussed issues concerning migration from Syria and the Middle East and agreed on the migrant action plan. EU Council President Donald Tusk supposes that this plan will help them reduce and then stop the flow of refugees to Europe. Besides, the countries discussed their joint actions aimed at solving the crisis. However, the summit participants did not tackle the Su-24 plane incident.

The EU agreed to give Turkey €3 billion to handle the migrant crisis. Besides, 500 million euros will be provided from the EU budget while the rest will be granted by member states. Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said that the funds will be only spent in refugees. However, despite the help provided by the EU members, Turkey cannot guarantee reduction of the flow of migrants. Ahmet Davutoglu promised to tighten border controls and provide defense against illegal border-crossers. On the photo: Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu

During the summit, the EU members said that they would also revive talks on Turkey's accession to the EU. European Council President Donald Tusk said that Turkey's accession process needs to be reenergized. European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker added that next round of talks concerning the issues will be held in the nearest future. The EU has also pledged visa-free travel for Turkish citizens in the Schengen zone by October 2016.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel believes that cooperation with Turkey can be rather fruitful. Moreover, it is very important for resolving the migration crisis. Besides, Angela Merkel supports the idea of Turkey’s EU membership. She also added that the talks will be renewed as soon as December. German Chancellor clarified at her briefing for journalists after the summit that the three billion will be released in the form of refugee projects.

Angela Merkel supposes that the plan agreed by the summit members tackles initial problems and its implementation is a common goal. In December 2016, Germany and other countries intend to discuss all necessary details of the projects.