Jean Asselborn

Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has met with Luxembourg's FM Jean Asselborn to discuss bilateral relations, EU integration and the situation in the region.

Turkey has never been less likely to join the European Union than now and the bloc should seek a special relationship with Britain, German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said as relations between Ankara and Berlin hit a low point.

Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz said on Nov. 7 that the EU should change its stance on Turkey following the government's recent measures and stop the flow of billions of euros in aid if Ankara fails to stick to its migrants deal with the bloc, AFP has reported.

Luxembourg's Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn has told a German radio that Turkey has been using methods "reminiscent of those employed by Nazis."

This concerns Ankara's "crackdown following July's coup attempt," the Beta agency is reporting on Monday, citing an AP article.

Luxembourg Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn has admitted Europeans failed in their response to the July 15 failed coup attempt in Turkey.

"We could not fully recognize the depth of the wound in public opinion in Turkey after the coup attempt," Asselborn said on Sept. 21 in an interview with German daily Die Welt.

Hungary should be excluded from the European Union because of its tough anti-migrant policies, including erecting a razor-wire fence, which undermine the EU's values, Luxembourg Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn told the Germany's newspaper Die Welt on Sept. 13. 

The unusually strong comments against Viktor Orban's government come days before an EU summit in Bratislava. 

Luxembourg's FM Jean Asselborn wants Hungary "suspended or even expelled" from the EU because of violation of EU's values, the BBC is reporting.

Hungarian government's treatment of refugees, "independence of the judiciary and freedom of the press" are the examples of these violations, he said.

Any country that would harbor Fethullah Gülen, the leader of the parallel state that is regarded as the mastermind of July 15's coup attempt would not be Turkey's friend, the Turkish prime minister has said, obviously urging the United States where the self-exile religious leader lives since late 1990s. 

The first chapters - 35 on Kosovo, and 32 on financial oversight - in Serbia's accession negotiations with the EU - were opened in Brussels late on Monday.

The road will be long and difficult, but Europe is with you, Luxembourg Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn said at a press conference after the second Serbia-EU intergovernmental conference (IGC).

Greece hit back at threats from some EU states to suspend it from the Schengen area because of its failure to guard its borders and control large numbers of migrants entering Europe, Reuters say.

Greek Migration Minister Yannis Mouzalas talked about the issue following Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico’s statements on excluding Greece from Schengen area.