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Has Erdogan brought Europe to heel? In his Spectator cover piece, Douglas Murray argues that the Turkish President has used a mixture of intimidation, threats and blackmail to do just that and throw open the doors of Europe to Turkey. Douglas says Erdogan is a ‘wretched Islamist bully’ who has shown just how the EU works. But in pushing Europe around, is Erdogan now more powerful than Merkel, Juncker and Cameron? And how does the Turkish PM’s resignation this week changed the country’s relationship with the EU? Isabel Hardman speaks to Rem Korteweg, from the Centre for European Reform.
Speaking on the podcast, Rem says:
‘There has been tremendous back-sliding under Erdogan. There is no country in the world with as many journalists in jail as in Turkey.
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