EU-Turkey deal, complicated by PM's exit, stumbles on terror laws


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  • Friday, 06 May 2016

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan greets his supporters during an opening ceremony in Istanbul, Turkey May 6, 2016. REUTERS/Murad Sezer

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan told the European Union on Friday that Turkey would not make changes to its terrorism laws required under a deal to curb migration, and declared: "we're going our way, you go yours".

His fiery speech will be a blow to any hope in European capitals that it might be business as usual with Turkey after Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, who negotiated the migration deal with Europe and had largely delivered on Turkey's commitments so far, announced he was standing down.

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