<blockquote>I drew attention to the fact that the official minutes of the 7 March EU/Turkey Agreement made clear that all member states need to lift visa restrictions on Turkey by June this year. The UK government keeps saying this does not apply to the UK. I suggested they have the minutes amended in that case. Far from doing so, the minutes of the European Council held 17-18 March reconfirmed the minutes of the 7 March “Following the decisions of the Heads of State of government of 7 March” the European Council “calls for the full implementation of the EU-Turkey statement”. So if we assume the UK is not actually going to lift visa restrictions we are left wondering why official statements of the Heads of State and government which we are asked to rely on in other contexts are wrong on this matter. We also need to remember how assurances that the UK would not have to bail out Euro countries were swept aside when it came to a new loan for Greece.</blockquote>
Source: <em><a href=”http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2016/03/20/visa-liberalisation-and-faster-progress-to-turkish-eu-membership/”>VISA liberalisation and faster progress to Turkish EU membership</a></em>
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