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Saturday 6 January 2018
Bavarian leaders want eastern alliance, migrant solutions

SEEON, Germany (AP) — Speaking at a meeting of garian Prime Minister Victor he is allied with and who consider extending their
Bavaria’s conservative his Christian Social Union Orban, who attended the has repeatedly demanded governing coalition — but
governor said Friday he party, Horst Seehofer said meeting, saying “without a fair distribution of refu- reiterated his government’s
wants a closer cooperation he plans to launch a “cen- a doubt (Orban) stands gees among all EU mem- call for illegal migrants to
with the countries of central tral European alliance,” upon ground made up of ber states. Orban said he be deported from Europe.
Europe, praising Hungary in saying Germany’s neigh- the rule of law.” Seehofer’s didn’t want to meddle in Bavaria was the entry
the face of criticism from bors to the east are bigger comments stand at odds Germany’s domestic poli- point for hundreds of thou-
the European Union for Bu- trading partners for Bavaria with the stance of German tics — currently in limbo as sands of asylum-seekers
dapest’s refusal to take in than France or Britain. Chancellor Angela Merkel, Merkel, Seehofer and their who came to Germany in
migrants. Seehofer also praised Hun- whose conservative party Social Democratic rivals 2015.q

France’s Macron suggests EU partnership with Turkey

prevented Turkish ministers and Turkish officials also
from holding political rallies signed defense, banking
to court expatriates’ votes and commercial deals, in-
in a referendum to expand cluding the planned sale
the president’s powers. of 25 Airbus A330s to Turkish
Erdogan unleashed a series Airlines.
of insults at NATO allies, ac- The trip was Erdogan’s first
cusing European officials of to France since his gov-
racism, harboring terrorists ernment strongly cracked
and behaving like Nazis. down on suspected op-
The Turkish president was ponents following a failed
less bombastic, but just as coup in July 2016. About
emphatic, on Friday while 50,000 people have been
discussing his country’s arrested and 110,000 oth-
decades-long pursuit of Eu- ers removed from public
rope’s acceptance. sector jobs in Turkey. Many
“Unfortunately, we did the have protested they are in-
first steps in 1963. And it’s nocent.
now been 54 years that Tur- Protests over deteriorating
key has been waiting in the press freedoms and hu-
antechamber of the EU,” man rights abuses in Turkey
Erdogan said. greeted Erdogan upon his
Macron said the two lead- arrival.
ers held “frank” talks on About 30 activists from Re-
Turkey’s bid for EU member- porters without Borders held
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, is welcomed by French President Emmanuel ship and the human rights images of jailed journalists
Macron, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Friday, Jan.5, 2018. Erdogan is traveling to Paris for talks with situation in Turkey — a ma- outside the Turkish Embas-
Macron, amid protests over press freedom and the deteriorating state of human rights in Turkey. jor sticking point. sy. A dozen demonstrators,
(AP Photo/Christophe Ena) “We should ... see if we mainly ethnic Kurds, later
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN relationship with Europe. ever. cannot rethink this relation- tried to reach the presiden-
Associated Press Macron confirmed that Tur- “One cannot permanently ship, not in the framework tial Elysee palace, but po-
PARIS (AP) — French Presi- key’s wait for EU member- implore and wait to be fi- of the (EU) integration pro- lice pushed them back.
dent Emmanuel Macron ship was far from over and nally included,” he said, cess, but perhaps a co- The French Communist
suggested Friday that the suggested a partnership in- adding that frustration over operation, a partnership,” Party and several left-wing
European Union develop stead in the meantime. the EU stance might tempt he said, adding the main parties have criticized Erdo-
a partnership with Turkey The current process “does Ankara to turn its back to goal must be to keep Tur- gan’s visit to France, which
after its leader said he was not allow for an outcome in Europe. Ties between Tur- key — a NATO member — came the day before the
“seriously tired” of waiting the coming years,” Macron key and Europe worsened “anchored” in Europe and fifth anniversary of the slay-
for the bloc to decide if it said during a joint news last year amid mass arrests its “future ... built looking ings in Paris of three Kurd-
wants Turkey as a member. conference with Erdogan, and firings carried out by toward Europe and with ish women activists. “The
Turkish President Recep adding that he thought Erdogan’s government fol- Europe.” Macron and Er- French judicial system has
Tayyip Erdogan was in stringing Turkey along was lowing a July 2016 coup dogan also discussed the pointed out Turkish secret
Paris for talks with Macron, hypocritical. attempt. Relations dete- Israeli-Palestinian conflict, services’ involvement in this
part of efforts to improve Erdogan made it plain that riorated further after au- the fight against terror and crime,” the Communist Par-
his government’s strained Turkey would not wait for- thorities in several countries the war in Syria. France ty said. q

Georgia sentences Saakashvili in absentia to 3 years

MOSCOW (AP) — A court in president from 2004-13, left halting the official cor- in the Georgian capital, don prisoners. I don’t know
the former Soviet republic Georgia when his presiden- ruption that has crippled Tbilisi, sentenced Saakash- other examples in modern
of Georgia on Friday sen- cy ended and eventually the country. The Ukrainian vili on Friday. Georgia has history,” Saakashvili said at
tenced former President went to Ukraine, where he leader last year stripped requested Saakashvili’s ex- a news conference in Kiev,
Mikheil Saakashvili in ab- was appointed governor of Saakashvili of his citizenship tradition but Ukraine has the Ukrainian capital.
sentia to three years in pris- the Odessa region. while he was abroad. Saa- not complied. “This is the He said any move to extra-
on for abusing his power in He resigned from that post kashvili returned to Ukraine first case in the world when dite him to Georgia “would
pardoning four policemen in 2016 and harshly criti- in September and has led a president is being judged cause a change of power
convicted of killing a bank- cized Ukrainian President a series of protests against for using his unrestricted in Georgia and probably in
er. Saakashvili, who was Petro Poroshenko for not the government. A court constitutional right to par- Ukraine, too.”q