Negotiations continue betweenEuropean Union , Turkey to stop the flow of refugees, even if the agreement to resolve the situation of the 40 migrants who have flown to Greece still seems to be far away. The meeting in Brussels between Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and EU representatives Donald Tusk, Jean Claude Juncker and Mark Rutte serves precisely to try to narrow the gap.
In any case, the 28 states of the Union have managed to find a common position on the requests and offers to be made to Turkey, but there are, in any case, many obstacles on the road to an agreement. The main issues to be resolved are the need to find and define a mechanism that makes tens of thousands of repatriations legal and the need to reassure Cyprus, which has threatened to veto the agreement if Ankara does not open ports and airports to connections with the 'island.
Obviously, it will also be vital to find an agreement with Turkey on the modalities for the possible acceleration of the process Ankara's entry into the EU. Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu reveals a certain optimism: “I am sure we will achieve our objectives – he said -. The issue of refugees has nothing to do with bargaining, it is rather a matter of values, both humanitarian and European values".
The Turkish president Erdogan, however, takes less conciliatory positions: "Europe should look at its limits, before telling Turkey what to do with migrants". Reaching an agreement, as summarized by the Dutch Prime Minister Rutte "is possible, but still difficult".
