Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan poses with visiting children at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey, April 20, 2017. Murat Cetinmuhurdar/Presidential Palace/Handout via REUTERS
BERLIN (Reuters) - Two senior German conservative politicians have called for the European Union to end discussions with Turkey about EU membership after a vote that handed new powers to Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan.
Norbert Roettgen, a member of Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU) and head of the foreign affairs committee, said failing to issue consequences after the referendum vote would hurt Europe.
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