File photo: Johannes Hahn arrives for a European Union foreign ministers meeting in Luxembourg, Luxembourg, June 20, 2016. REUTERS/Eric Vidal
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union executive urged EU governments on Monday to consider changing its relationship with Turkey after a referendum that handed President Tayyip Erdogan sweeping powers put Ankara's stalled membership talks deeper into cold storage.
Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn, who is responsible for negotiations with countries wanting to join the bloc, called on EU foreign ministers when they meet in Malta on Friday to consider a new format for relations with Turkey, one that could ease mutual frustrations and reinforce cooperation.
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