European Council sources said
Monday that Turkish Premier Ahmet Davutoglu changed the stakes
of today's extraordinary EU-Turkey summit on migration during an
informal lunch with 28 EU leaders. Davutoglu is airing "new
ideas" that "go beyond" agreements made with European Council
President Donald Tusk at a meeting last Thursday, they said.
This implies a "program change" at today's extraordinary EU
summit on migration with Turkey. EU leaders will meet after
lunch to assess Turkey's proposals, then have dinner with
Davutoglu tonight. Also on Monday, The Financial Times paper
said Turkey has requested further EU financing for the migrant
emergency - over and above the three billion euros already
allocated - as well as faster procedures to grant Schengen Area
visas to its citizens and a speeding up of its EU adhesion
negotiations.
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